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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 Configuration fields .....................................................................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 Configuration ....................................................................3-10
3.4.2 Power & Performance ...............................................................3-12
3.4.3 Server ME Configuration ...........................................................3-14
3.4.4 Trusted Computing....................................................................3-14
3.4.5 ACPI Settings ............................................................................3-15
3.4.6 APM Configuration ....................................................................3-15
3.4.7 Runtime Error Logging Settings ................................................3-16
3.4.8 Onboard LAN Configuration ......................................................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 Configuration ....................................................................3-21
3.4.13 Network Stack Configuration .....................................................3-22
3.4.14 CSM Configuration ....................................................................3-23
3.4.15 NVMe Configuration ..................................................................3-24
3.4.16 WHEA Configuration .................................................................3-24
3.4.17 Tls Auth Configuration ...............................................................3-24
3.4.18 iSCSI Configuration ..................................................................3-25
3.5 Chipset menu ...........................................................................................3-26
3.5.1 System Agent (SA) Configuration .............................................3-26
3.5.2 PCH-IO Configuration ...............................................................3-28
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