ASUS X79 DELUXE Motherboard

Other Features

The portrayed motherboard supports the installation of a TPM (Trusted Platform Module), in charge of storing encryption keys in order to increase the security of the computer.

This motherboard has a POST diagnostics display that shows through a two-digit code which component is preventing the computer from turning on. It also has power and reset buttons, as shown in Figure 7.

Figure 7: POST diagnostics display, power and reset buttons

The ASUS X79 DELUXE also has a “DirectKey” button, which allows you to enter directly into the motherboard setup program, and a clear CMOS button.

There is a “TPU switch” that enables an automatic overclocking, increasing the CPU clock multiplier (position “I”) or both the CPU clock multiplier and the CPU base clock (position “II”), and an “EPU switch” that enables or disables a power-saving feature.

Figure 8: DirectKey button, CLR_CMOS button, TPU switch, and EPU switch

The “MemOK!” button, shown in Figure 9, allows you to test the compatibility of the memory modules that are installed.

Figure 9: MemOK! button

In Figure 10, you can see all of the accessories that come with the ASUS X79 DELUXE.

Figure 10: Accessories