Asus P9D WS - Manual (Page 17)

ASUS P9D WS 1-5
Chapter 1
ASUS Fanless Design—Heat-sink solution
The crystal-shaped 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 crystal-shaped heatsink will give users an extremely
silent and cooling experience with the elegant appearance!
Fan Xpert
ASUS Fan Xpert intelligently allows you to adjust both the CPU and chassis fan
speeds based on different ambient temperatures and attain a quiet and cool computing
environment.
ASUS EZ DIY
ASUS UEFI BIOS(EZ Mode)
ASUS UEFI BIOS, a UEFI compliant architecture, offers the first mouse-controlled
intuitive graphical BIOS interface that goes beyond the traditional keyboard-only BIOS
controls, providing you with more flexibility, convenience, and easy to navigate EFI
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:
* F12 BIOS snapshot hotkey
* F3 Shortcut for most accessed information
* ASUS DRAM SPD (Serial Presence Detect) information detecting faulty DIMMs, and
helping with difficult POST situations
ASUS Q-Design
ASUS Q-Design enhances your DIY experience. All of Q-LED, Q-DIMM, and Q-Slot
design speed up and simplify the DIY process!
ASUS Q-Connector
ASUS Q-Connector is a unique adapter that allows you to easily connect or disconnect
the chassis front panel cables to one module, eliminating the hassle of plugging one
cable at a time and making the connection quick and accurate.
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.