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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 Ai Tweaker menu ........................................................................................3-8
3.5 Performance Tuning menu ........................................................................3-9
3.6 Advanced menu .......................................................................................3-10
3.5.1 Trusted Computing.................................................................... 3-10
3.5.2 ACPI Settings ............................................................................ 3-10
3.5.3 SMART Self Test ...................................................................... 3-10
3.5.4 Super IO Conguration ............................................................. 3-10
3.5.5 Serial Port Console Redirection ................................................ 3-11
3.5.6 Onboard LAN Conguration ...................................................... 3-11
3.5.7 APM .......................................................................................... 3-12
3.5.8 PCI Subsystem Settings ........................................................... 3-12
3.5.9 Network Stack Conguration..................................................... 3-12
3.5.10 CSM Conguration .................................................................... 3-13
3.5.11 NVMe Conguration .................................................................. 3-14
3.5.12 USB Conguration .................................................................... 3-14
3.5.13 iSCSI Conguration ..................................................................3-14
3.5.14 Intel(R) Virtual RAID on CPU .................................................... 3-14
3.6 Platform Configuration menu .................................................................3-15
3.6.1 PCH Conguration .................................................................... 3-15
3.6.2 Miscellaneous Conguration ..................................................... 3-15
3.6.3 Server ME Conguration ........................................................... 3-15
3.6.4 Runtime Error Logging .............................................................. 3-15
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