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Let us first start off by taking a look at how the board is laid out and designed, is it user oriented and easily accessible and can you read the on-board silk screened text? The BIOS chip is soldered to the board and not removable like most of the boards they manufacture and I hope this does not become a new trend for them. The board is based on a Jumper-free design allowing all system performance modifications to be made with in the BIOS hence eliminating the need to use jumpers for controlling the system FSB, CPU and AGP settings. The CFAN1 (processor fan), SFAN1 (system fan) and CHFAN1 (NB Chipset fan) supports system cooling fans with +12V connection. These connect via a three-pin head connector. When connecting the wire to the connectors, always take note that the red wire is the positive and should be connected to the +12V, the black wire is the Ground and should be connected to GND. If the motherboard has a System Hardware Monitor chipset on-board, you must use a specially designed fan with speed sensor to take advantage of the CPU fan control.
The BIOS offers the user an array of choices for configuring your systems overall performance including advanced memory timing, Adjustable CPU clock, FSB and AGP bus and CPU voltage control. Overclocker's will be pleased at the array of performance setting options available to them making the task of pushing your system to its best more attainable and stable. The LAN and Audio both can be disabled within the BIOS and the Audio can be adjusted by jumpers to change the I/O settings. Of you have an older VGA card the BIOS offers a 4X override function for using older 1X/2X cards.
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