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Chapter 3: BIOS Setup
3.1 Managing and updating your BIOS ..........................................................3-1
3.1.1 ASUS CrashFree BIOS 3 utility................................................... 3-1
3.1.2 ASUS EzFlash Utility................................................................... 3-2
3.1.3 BUPDATER utility ....................................................................... 3-3
3.2 BIOS setup program ..................................................................................3-5
3.2.1 BIOS menu screen ...................................................................... 3-6
3.2.2 Menu bar ..................................................................................... 3-6
3.2.3 Menu items..................................................................................3-7
3.2.4 Submenu items ........................................................................... 3-7
3.2.5 Navigation keys ........................................................................... 3-7
3.2.6 General help................................................................................3-7
3.2.7 Conguration elds ..................................................................... 3-7
3.2.8 Pop-up window............................................................................3-7
3.2.9 Scroll bar ..................................................................................... 3-7
3.3 Main menu ..................................................................................................3-8
3.4 Advanced menu .........................................................................................3-9
3.4.1 CPU Conguration .................................................................... 3-10
3.4.2 Power & Performance ............................................................... 3-12
3.4.3 Server ME Conguration ........................................................... 3-14
3.4.4 Trusted Computing.................................................................... 3-14
3.4.5 ACPI Settings ............................................................................ 3-15
3.4.6 APM Conguration .................................................................... 3-15
3.4.7 Runtime Error Logging Settings ................................................ 3-16
3.4.8 Onboard LAN Conguration ...................................................... 3-16
3.4.9 Serial Port Console Redirection ................................................ 3-17
3.4.10 Intel TXT Information.................................................................3-20
3.4.11 PCI Subsystem Settings ........................................................... 3-20
3.4.12 USB Conguration .................................................................... 3-21
3.4.13 Network Stack Conguration..................................................... 3-22
3.4.14 CSM Conguration .................................................................... 3-23
3.4.15 NVMe Conguration .................................................................. 3-24
3.4.16 WHEA Conguration ................................................................. 3-24
3.4.17 Tls Auth Conguration............................................................... 3-24
3.4.18 iSCSI Conguration ..................................................................3-25
3.5 Chipset menu ...........................................................................................3-26
3.5.1 System Agent (SA) Conguration ............................................. 3-26
3.5.2 PCH-IO Conguration ............................................................... 3-28
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