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Chapter 1: Product introduction
Chapter 1
Disk Unlocker
ASUS Disk Unlocker, an ASUS-exclusive utility, provides an intuitive interface that identies
all of your hard disk drive (HDD) spaces and allows you to use all of these spaces, breaking
the HDD size limitation of various operating systems.
1.1.3 ASUS EZ DIY
ASUS UEFI BIOS (EZ Mode)
ASUS UEFI BIOS, a UEFI compliant architecture, offers the rst mouse-controlled intuitive
graphical BIOS interface that goes beyond the traditional keyboard-only BIOS controls,
providing you with more exibility, convenience, and easy to navigate UEFI BIOS than the
traditional BIOS versions. It offers you with dual selectable modes and native support for hard
drives larger than 2.2 TB.
ASUS UEFI BIOS includes the following new features:
• New My Favorite function allows you to quickly access the frequently used items
• New Quick Note function allows you to take notes in the BIOS environment
• New log reminder allows you to view all your modied settings
• F12 BIOS snapshot hotkey
• F3 Shortcut for most accessed information
• ASUS DRAM SPD (Serial Presence Detect) information detecting faulty DIMMs, and
helping with difcult POST situations.
ASUS Q-shield
ASUS Q-Shield’s special design makes it convenient and easy to install on your
motherboard. With better electric conductivity, it ideally protects your motherboard against
static electricity and shields it against EMI (Electronic Magnetic Interference).
ASUS Q-cable
ASUS Q-cable is a unique extension cable that allows you to easily connect or disconnect the
chassis front panel cable in a small chassis, making the connection quick and accurate.
1.1.4 Other special features
DisplayPort Support
DisplayPort is a digital display interface standard, providing billions of colors and bi-
directional communications, thus enabling the fastest refresh rates, and the highest resolution
digital display through a single cable. Also, it supports HDCP copy protection for Blu-ray
discs. Simply output 3D signals through the connected DisplayPort cable with your 3D
display, then you can sit back and enjoy a perfect 3D animation experience.
HDMI Support
High Denition Multimedia Surface (HDMI) is a set of digital video standards that delivers
mulit-channel audio and uncompressed digital video up to 4K/2K resolution visuals through
a single cable. Supporting HDCP copy protection such as HD DVD and blu-ray discs, HDMI
provides you with the highest quality home theater experience.