Asus MAXIMUS IX APEX - Chapter 1: Product Introduction; Safe Boot and Slow Mode Switches

ASUS MAXIMUS IX APEX
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Chapter 1
5. Slow Mode switch (SLOW_MODE)
SlowModeSwitchisemployedduringLN2benching.Thesystemmaycrashdueto
theCPUbeingunstablewhenusingextremeoverclocking,enablingslowmodewill
decreasetheprocessorfrequencyandstabilizethesystem,allowingoverclockersto
keeptrackoftheiroverclockingdata.
4. Safe Boot button (SAFE_BOOT)
TheSafeBootbuttoncanbepressedanytimetoforcethesystemtorebootintothe
BIOSsafemode.ThisbuttontemporarilyappliessafesettingstotheBIOSwhile
retaininganyoverclockedsettingsallowingyoutomodifythesettingscausingboot
failure.Usethisbuttonwhenoverclockingortweakingthesettingsofyoursystem.