Asus TUF X299 MARK 1 - 3.4 Main menu; 3.5 Ai Tweaker menu

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Chapter 3: BIOS Setup
Chapter 3
3.4 Main menu
TheMainmenuscreenappearswhenyouentertheAdvancedModeoftheBIOSSetup
program.TheMainmenuprovidesyouanoverviewofthebasicsysteminformation,and
allowsyoutosetthesystemdate,time,language,andsecuritysettings.
Security
TheSecuritymenuitemsallowyoutochangethesystemsecuritysettings.
 IfyouhaveforgottenyourBIOSpassword,erasetheCMOSRealTimeClock(RTC)
RAMtocleartheBIOSpassword.Seesection1.1.6 Onboard buttons and switches
forinformationonhowtoerasetheRTCRAMviatheClearCMOSbutton.
 TheAdministratororUserPassworditemsontopofthescreenshowthedefault[Not
Installed].Afteryousetapassword,theseitemsshow[Installed].
3.5 Ai Tweaker menu
TheExtremeTweakermenuitemsallowyoutocongureoverclocking-relateditems.
BecautiouswhenchangingthesettingsoftheExtremeTweakermenuitems.Incorrect
eldvaluescancausethesystemtomalfunction
ThecongurationoptionsforthissectionvarydependingontheCPUandDIMMmodelyou
installedonthemotherboard.
Ai Overclock Tuner
AllowsyoutoselecttheCPUoverclockingoptionstoachievethedesiredCPUinternal
frequency.Congurationoptions:
[Auto] Loadstheoptimalsettingsforthesystem.
[Manual] Allowsyoutoindividuallysetoverclockingparameters.
[X.M.P.] IfyouinstallmemorymodulessupportingtheeXtremeMemoryProle
(X.M.P.)Technology,choosethisitemtosettheprolessupportedbyyour
memorymodulesforoptimizingthesystemperformance.
The[X.M.P.]congurationoptionappearsonlywhenyouinstallmemorymodules
supportingtheeXtremeMemoryProle(X.M.P.)Technology.
ThefollowingitemappearsonlywhenyousettheAiOverclockingTunerto[Manual].
BCLK Frequency
ThisitemallowsyoutosettheBCLK(baseclock)frequencytoenhancethesystem
performance.Usethe<+>or<->toadjustthevalue.
WerecommendyoutosetthevaluebasedontheCPUspecication,ashighBCLK
frequenciesmaydamagetheCPUpermanently.