Asus M5A97 R2.0 - CPU and Onboard Device Settings; CPU Core On;Off Function; Onboard Device Configuration

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Chapter 3: BIOS setup
Chapter 3
3.5.6 CPU Core On/Off Function
CPU Core Activation [Auto]
This item lets user turn off cores except core 1, user can turn off 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, etc core
manually. Conguration options: [Auto] [Manual]
The following items appear only when you set the previous item to [Manual]
3rd & 4th Core [Enabled]
Conguration options: [Enabled] [Disabled]
3.5.7 Onboard Devices Conguration
Asmedia USB 3.0 Controller (Rear) [Enabled]
[Enabled] Enables the rear USB 3.0 controller.
[Disabled] Disables the controller.
Asmedia USB 3.0 Controller (Front) [Enabled]
[Enabled] Enables the front USB 3.0 controller.
[Disabled] Disables the controller.
Asmedia USB 3.0 Battery Charging Support [Disabled]
This item appears only when the Asmedia USB 3.0 Controller (Rear) or Asmedia USB 3.0
Controller (Front) is set to [Enabled].
[Enabled] Enables the Asmedia USB 3.0 battery charging function.
[Disabled] Disables this function
Realtek LAN Controller [Enabled]
[Enabled] Enables the Realtek LAN controller.
[Disabled] Disables the controller.
Realtek PXE OPROM [Disabled]
This item appears only when you set the Realtek LAN Controller item to [Enabled] and allows
you to enable or disable the Rom Help of the Realtek LAN controller.
Conguration options: [Enabled] [Disabled]
Serial Port Conguration
The sub-items in this menu allow you to set the serial port conguration.
Serial Port [Enabled]
Allows you to enable or disable the serial port (COM).
Conguration options: [Enabled] [Disabled]
Change Settings [IO=3F8h; IRQ=4]
This item appears only when you set the previous item to [Enabled] and allows you to
select the Serial Port base address.
Conguration options: [IO=3F8h; IRQ=4] [IO=2F8h; IRQ=3] [IO=3E8h; IRQ=4]
[IO=2E8h; IRQ=3]