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ROG Intelligent Performance & Overclocking features, mPCIe Combo II, ROG Connect

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1.1.2 ROG Intelligent Performance & Overclocking features mPCIe Combo II ROG mPCIe Combo II offers expandability solutions with the latest connectivity standards via the proprietary connector onboard. It provides your system with the fastest Wi-Fi 802.11ac and Bluetooth 4.0 connection. It also features the M.2 (NGFF) slot for an optimal system performance. ROG Connect ROG Connect allows you to monitor the status of your desktop PC and tweak its parameters in real-time via a notebook. ROG Connect links your main system to a notebook through a USB cable, allowing you to view real-time POST code and hardware status readouts on your notebook, as well as make on-the-fly parameter adjustments at a purely hardware level. Extreme Engine Digi+ III The Extreme Engine Digi+ III offers the best CPU/Memory design on the Z87® motherboard. It is equipped with NexFETTM Power Block MOSFET that offers great durability and provides up to 90% efficiency under normal operation. The BlackWing Chokes handles pressures with ease. The Black Metallic solid capacitor lasts five times longer than the generic capacitors with better low temperature tolerance. Altogether making it the perfect motherboard for overclocking. iROG The iROG is a special IC that fully maximizes ROG's unique functions, providing you with full control of your motherboard at any stage. It greatly increases your overclocking enjoyment, and offers you with advanced system control and management features purely at a hardware level. CPU Level Up With ROG's CPU Level Up, overclocking has never been so easy, or cost-free. Simply select the processor that you want to overclock to, and the motherboard will do the rest. USB BIOS FlashBack USB BIOS Flashback offers a hassle-free updating solution for your ultimate convenience. Simply install a USB storage device containing the BIOS file, press the BIOS Flashback button for three seconds, and the UEFI BIOS is automatically updated even without entering the existing the BIOS or operating system. It also allows you to regularly check for UEFI BIOS updates, and download the latest BIOS automatically. GPU.DIMM Post GPU.DIMM Post enables you to catch potential problems even before you enter the OS, saving you valuable time in detecting component failure under extreme conditions. With GPU. DIMM Post, quickly and easily check your graphic cards, memory modules' statuses in the BIOS, and overclocking settings. BIOS Print ROG offers a whole new UEFI BIOS feature to handle the demands of an overclocking experience. The motherboard features ROG BIOS Print that allows you to easily share your BIOS settings to others with the press of a button. Chapter 1 1-2 Chapter 1: Product introduction

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1-2
Chapter 1: Product introduction
Chapter 1
1.1.2
ROG Intelligent Performance & Overclocking features
mPCIe Combo II
ROG mPCIe Combo II offers expandability solutions with the latest connectivity standards via
the proprietary connector onboard. It provides your system with the fastest Wi-Fi 802.11ac
and Bluetooth 4.0 connection. It also features the M.2 (NGFF) slot for an optimal system
performance.
ROG Connect
ROG Connect allows you to monitor the status of your desktop PC and tweak its parameters
in real-time via a notebook. ROG Connect links your main system to a notebook through a
USB cable, allowing you to view real-time POST code and hardware status readouts on your
notebook, as well as make on-the-fly parameter adjustments at a purely hardware level.
Extreme Engine Digi+ III
The Extreme Engine Digi+ III offers the best CPU/Memory design on the Z87
®
motherboard.
It is equipped with NexFET
TM
Power Block MOSFET that offers great durability and provides
up to 90% efficiency under normal operation. The BlackWing Chokes handles pressures with
ease. The Black Metallic solid capacitor lasts five times longer than the generic capacitors
with better low temperature tolerance. Altogether making it the perfect motherboard for
overclocking.
iROG
The iROG is a special IC that fully maximizes ROG’s unique functions, providing you with full
control of your motherboard at any stage. It greatly increases your overclocking enjoyment,
and offers you with advanced system control and management features purely at a hardware
level.
CPU Level Up
With ROG’s CPU Level Up, overclocking has never been so easy, or cost-free. Simply select
the processor that you want to overclock to, and the motherboard will do the rest.
USB BIOS FlashBack
USB BIOS Flashback offers a hassle-free updating solution for your ultimate convenience.
Simply install a USB storage device containing the BIOS file, press the BIOS Flashback
button for three seconds, and the UEFI BIOS is automatically updated even without entering
the existing the BIOS or operating system. It also allows you to regularly check for UEFI
BIOS updates, and download the latest BIOS automatically.
GPU.DIMM Post
GPU.DIMM Post enables you to catch potential problems even before you enter the OS,
saving you valuable time in detecting component failure under extreme conditions. With GPU.
DIMM Post, quickly and easily check your graphic cards, memory modules’ statuses in the
BIOS, and overclocking settings.
BIOS Print
ROG offers a whole new UEFI BIOS feature to handle the demands of an overclocking
experience. The motherboard features ROG BIOS Print that allows you to easily share your
BIOS settings to others with the press of a button.