Asus ROG MAXIMUS Z690 EXTREME [3/94] Contents

ROG Z690 Series BIOS Manual

Contents

1. Knowing BIOS ............................................................................................... 4

2. BIOS setup program ..................................................................................... 5

2.1 Advanced Mode ............................................................................. 6

2.2 EZ Mode....................................................................................... 10

2.3 Qfan Control ................................................................................. 11

2.4 AI OC Guide ................................................................................. 13

3. My Favorites ................................................................................................ 14

4. Main menu ................................................................................................... 16

5. Extreme Tweaker menu .............................................................................. 18

6. Advanced menu .......................................................................................... 52

6.1 Platform Misc Configuration ......................................................... 53

6.2 CPU Configuration ....................................................................... 54

6.3 System Agent (SA) Configuration ................................................ 58

6.4 PCH Configuration ....................................................................... 60

6.5 PCH Storage Configuration.......................................................... 61

6.6 PCH-FW Configuration ................................................................ 62

6.7 Thunderbolt(TM) Configuration .................................................... 62

6.8 PCI Subsystem Settings .............................................................. 64

6.9 USB Configuration ....................................................................... 65

6.10 Network Stack Configuration........................................................ 66

6.11 NVMe Configuration ..................................................................... 66

6.12 HDD/SSD SMART Information .................................................... 67

6.13 APM Configuration ....................................................................... 67

6.14 Onboard Devices Configuration ................................................... 68

6.15 Intel(R) Rapid Storage Technology .............................................. 71

7. Monitor menu .............................................................................................. 72

8. Boot menu ................................................................................................... 81

9. Tool menu .................................................................................................... 87

9.1 ASUS EZ Flash 3 Utility ............................................................... 88

9.2 ASUS Secure Erase..................................................................... 88

9.3 ASUS User Profile........................................................................ 89

9.4 ASUS SPD Information ................................................................ 90

9.5 MemTest86 .................................................................................. 90

9.6 ASUS Armoury Crate ................................................................... 91

9.7 MyASUS....................................................................................... 91

10. Exit menu ..................................................................................................... 92

11. Updating BIOS ............................................................................................. 93

11.1 ASUS EZ Flash 3 ......................................................................... 93

11.2 ASUS CrashFree BIOS 3 ............................................................. 94