Asus Quiet Thermal Solution; Asus Ez Diy - Asus M5A97 EVO User Manual

1.3.4

ASUS Quiet Thermal Solution

ASUS Fanless Design—Heat-sink solution
The stylish heatsink features 0-dB thermal solution that offers users a noiseless PC
environment. Not only the beautiful shape upgrades the visual enjoyment for motherboard
users, but also the heatsink design lowers the temperature of the chipset and power phase
area through high efficient heat-exchange. Combined with usability and aesthetics, the ASUS
stylish heatsink will give users an extremely silent and cooling experience with the elegant
appearance!
ASUS Fan Xpert
ASUS Fan Xpert intelligently allows you to adjust both the CPU and chassis fan speeds
according to different ambient temperatures caused by different climate conditions in different
geographic regions and your PC's loading. The built-in variety of useful profiles offer flexible
controls of fan speed to achieve a quiet and cool environment.
1.3.5

ASUS EZ DIY

ASUS UEFI BIOS (EZ Mode)
The new ASUS UEFI BIOS is an Unified Extensible Firmware Interface, offering a user-
friendly interface that goes beyond traditional keyboard-only BIOS controls to enable more
flexible and convenient mouse input. Users can easily navigate the new UEFI BIOS with the
same smoothness as their operating system. The exclusive EZ Mode displays frequently-
accessed setup info, while the Advance Mode is for experienced performance enthusiasts
that demand far more intricate system settings.
Supports Hard Drives over 2.2TB
ASUS UEFI BIOS natively supports hard drives larger than 2.2TB in 64-bit, with full storage
space utilization, helping deliver far more exciting computing than traditional BIOS versions!
ASUS Q-Design
ASUS Q-Design enhances your DIY experience. All of Q-LED, Q-Slot and Q-DIMM design
speed up and simplify the DIY process!
ASUS Q-Connector
ASUS Q-Connector allows you to easily connect or disconnect the chassis front panel cables
to the motherboard. This unique module eliminates the trouble of connecting the system
panel cables one at a time and avoiding wrong cable connections.
ASUS EZ-Flash 2
ASUS EZ Flash 2 is a user-friendly utility that allows you to update the BIOS without using a
bootable floppy disk or an OS-based utility.
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