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ASUS Z170-DELUXE Series
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Chapter 1
4. TPU switch
With its two-level adjustment functions, the TPU allows you to automatically adjusts the
CPU performance for air-cooling and water-cooling system builts
• Enable this switch when the system is powered off.
• Ensure to apply proper Thermal Interface Material to the CPU heatsink and CPU
before you set the TPU switch to TPU_II (Water-cooling).
• The TPU LED (TPU_LED) near the TPU switch lights up when the TPU switch is
enabled. Refer to section 1.2.8 Onboard LEDs for the exact location of the TPU LED.
• If you enable this switch under Windows
®
OS environment, the TPU function will be
activated after the next system bootup.
• You may use the 5-Way Optimization and TPU feature in the AI Suite 3 application,
adjust the BIOS setup program or enable the TPU switch at the same time. However,
the system will use the last setting you have made.