Technology. Y u fail me?
Ok, here they are... hopefully.
Ah UEFI BIOS, I haven't personally used a Motherboard that features one of these so I expect there will be a fair few settings I'm not familiar with.
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http://imageshack.us...um/841/ic8v.jpgI am unsure what ISCT is and can't comment on it. (Explain it to me)
http://imageshack.us...ium/29/wuw3.jpgDisabling the Internal Graphics will save you having to deal with software that controls whether a program uses the Integrated graphics chip built in to the CPU or your Video Card. There's various reports of the software that facilitates this not being easy to use, hence my recommendation to just straight up disable it. The only reason you would want it enabled is if you're super in to being energy efficient/power saving or if you're debugging an issue with your video card and want to compare visual results between your video card and another video device.
http://imageshack.us...um/189/snzr.jpgTell me what options are available for the Extreme Memory Profile setting.
http://imageshack.us...s/713/b4wr.jpg/Not entirely sure what these do, but it very likely won't hurt to enable the CPU Temerature Warning, System Temperature Warning, CPU Fan Fail Warning settings. (If there are multiple choices, list them and I'll see which to choose.)
http://imageshack.us...um/198/onpc.jpg- Dynamic Storage ***** I can't make out the last part of that name (Second last option).
- Can you also mention the available choices when adjusting the OS Type setting?
- When enabling Fast Boot, do other options become available? If not then leave it enabled as disabling it generally just wastes time/is pointless (Enabling it very likely prevents the computer repeating the basic RAM test that is performed during bootup, 3 times [which is fine]).
- You can disable the Full Screen Logo here if you want to see what your computer is doing during bootup instead of showing a logo/picture. You might want to disable the logo for the first week of using the computer and take note of anything you find odd/pecuiliar/problematic during bootup, if everything appears to be working fine then re-enable the logo if you desire.
http://imageshack.us...ium/20/qten.jpgCould you get a better picture of this?
http://imageshack.us...um/197/huor.jpgPlease list the available choices for PEG Gen3 Slot Configuration.
http://imageshack.us...ium/27/vc3j.jpg- If you insist on keeping the Internal Graphics enabled, then increase the Internal Graphics Memory to at least 256MB (512MB recommended). This will improve compatibility and performance of the Integrated Graphics chip with a wide range of software. (Note the amount you set here will likely be reserved, so if you set it to 512MB then you'll have 7.5GB of RAM available for Windows/Games.)
- I am unsure of XHCI Mode and XHCI Hand Off options, is their an explanation of these available somewhere?
- Please explain the available PCIE Slot Configuration options
- Explain the DVMT Total Memory Size setting, I have no idea what this is.
http://imageshack.us...ium/42/zxa2.jpgYou can very likely disable the Serial Port A & Parallel Port settings unless you have some very old hardware/printer lying around that makes use of them. This just frees up a tiny amount of resources for Windows.
Edited by franpa, 13 November 2013 - 08:11 PM.