ASROCK Z77 Extreme11, Quick Installation Manual

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ASRock Z77 Extreme11 Motherboard
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1.3 Unique Features
ASRock Extreme Tuning Utility (AXTU)
ASRock Extreme Tuning Utility (AXTU) is an all-in-
one tool to ne-tune different system functions in a user-
friendly interface, which includes Hardware Monitor, Fan
Control, Overclocking, OC DNA, IES and XFast RAM.
In Hardware Monitor, it shows the major readings of
your system. In Fan Control, it shows the fan speed and
temperature for you to adjust. In Overclocking, you are
allowed to overclock CPU frequency for optimal system
performance. In OC DNA, you can save your OC set-
tings as a profile and share it with your friends. Your
friends then can load the OC profile to their own system
to get the same OC settings. In IES (Intelligent Energy
Saver), the voltage regulator can reduce the number of
output phases to improve efficiency when the CPU cores
are idle without sacrificing computing performance. In
XFast RAM, it fully utilizes the memory space that can-
not be used under Windows
®
OS 32-bit CPU.
ASRock Instant Boot
ASRock Instant Boot allows you to turn on your PC in
just a few seconds, provides a much more efficient way
to save energy, time, money, and improves system run-
ning speed for your system. It leverages the S3 and S4
ACPI features which normally enable the Sleep/Standby
and Hibernation modes in Windows
®
to shorten boot up
time. By calling S3 and S4 at specific timing during the
shutdown and startup process, Instant Boot allows you
to enter your Windows
®
desktop in a few seconds.
ASRock Instant Flash
ASRock Instant Flash is a BIOS flash utility embedded
in Flash ROM. This convenient BIOS update tool allows
you to update system BIOS without entering operating
systems first like MS-DOS or Windows
®
. With this utility,