ASUS Maximus III Formula LGA1156 Motherboard Review‏

BIOS Rundown pt.2

The Advanced Tab is where you can enable/disable all the CPU-specific features like C1E, SpeedStep, Turbo Mode, C-STATE, as well as all the onboard devices like audio, LAN, FireWire, eSATA, RAID controllers, etc.

You can also enable/disable the numerous LEDs placed across the motherboard and even the RoG logo embedded into the central chipset cooler. You can enable or disable the RoG Connect feature too, but frankly even if you're aren't using the feature, having it enabled doesn't have any effects whatsoever on the system.


The Power section contains the power management settings linked to the power-saving sleep modes, it allows you to enable/disable the new EuP standard, and it leads to the Hardware Monitor. Since this is Republic of Series model, the Hardware Monitor section is quite impressive, it has all the essential temperature and voltage readouts, and good fan control functionality.


The Boot tab is essentially where you set storage device priority, select the boot drive, where you can set supervisor and user passwords, and also disable the full screen logo.


The Tools section contains the Speeding HDD settings, which allow you to select between RAID mode for the two red SATA ports. The ASUS O.C Profile feature gives users the option to save and switch between BIOS profiles, for example an everyday profile and a benchmarking profile. Not only is this infinitely quicker than manually inserting every setting, but the profiles can be saved and shared among other MIIIF owners. With the MemPerfect feature, you to set whatever memory frequency you wish, and it will check your memory settings for errors and automatically fix them.


ASUS EZ-Flash 2 is a built-in utility that greatly simplies the BIOS updating process. You can easily update your BIOS from a ROM file located on your hard drive(s), USB flash drive(s), or even a CD. It's quick, painless, and it takes the worry out of BIOS flashing.


In summary, this BIOS has everything that we have come to expect from a Republic of Gamers model. The level of tweakability and functionality is perfect. Having said that, aside from the feature-rich Hardware Monitor, it's not really much different than the BIOS found on the P7P55D Deluxe.