UEFI Features – EZ and Advanced Modes
The following screens detail settings on the EZ Mode interface and Main and Advanced tabs in the Advanced Mode interface.
EZ Mode Interface
EZ Mode, Main page
EZ Mode, Main page, non-English language
EZ Mode, Boot Menu popup
Advanced Mode Interface
Main tab
Main tab, System Language selection field
Main tab, non-English language
EZ Tuning Wizard, OC Mode, Current System Configuration page
EZ Tuning Wizard, RAID Mode, Enable RAID mode page
Advanced tab
Advanced tab, CPU Configuration page
Advanced tab, CPU Configuration page continued
Advanced tab, CPU Configuration page continued
Advanced tab, CPU Configuration page, Active Processor Cores page
Advanced tab, CPU Configuration page, CPU Power Management Configuration page
Advanced tab, PCH Configuration page
Advanced tab, PCH Configuration page, PCI Express Configuration page
Advanced tab, PCH Storage Configuration page
Advanced tab, PCH Storage Configuration page, Secondary controller settings
Advanced tab, System Agent Configuration page
Advanced tab, System Agent Configuration page, DMI Configuration page
Advanced tab, System Agent Configuration page, NB PCI-E Configuration page
Advanced tab, System Agent Configuration page, Intel VT for Directed I/O (VT-d) page
Advanced tab, USB Configuration page
Advanced tab, USB Configuration page, USB Single Port Control page
Advanced tab, Platform Misc Configuration page
Advanced tab, Onboard Devices Configuration page
Advanced tab, Onboard Devices Configuration, RGB LED settings
Advanced tab, Onboard Devices Configuration page continued
I just skip to the conclusion
I just skip to the conclusion to see if ‘CMOS battery placement’ is listed as a strength or a weakness. That’s pretty much all I need to know about a motherboard.
Same here although, I can
Same here although, I can count no of times I changed CMOS battery on fingers of my hand. Still I look for CMOS battery placement on any motherboard.
Windows only is major
Windows only is major weakness to me.
Do I notice a new (at least
Do I notice a new (at least to me) type of release lever for the pcie 16 slots? How is this one activated?
If a MB maker anywhere has designed a release lever that does not require losing the skin on your hand to remove a graphics card, I would love to know about it.
I had an old motherboard with
I had an old motherboard with an AGP retention mechanism that was essentially 2 zip ties that stood up along either side of the video card, molded into the plastic slot if I remember correctly, and then a little plastic “8” went over both to cinch down the pcb.
newish, of a sorts. It the
newish, of a sorts. It the same standard push-down release (triangular in shape) at the lower end of the PCIe slot with an embedded LED for RGB "glowy" support. Thus, the clear color of the plastic tab 🙂