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As it is tradition with motherboards from Gigabyte, the X79-UD3 has two BIOS chips, which allows you to recover your motherboard in case your BIOS is erased or corrupted, which can happen in the case of an unsuccessful BIOS upgrade or the attack of viruses that corrupt the BIOS chip.
Figure 7: Two BIOS chips
The Gigabyte X79-UD3 has a legacy serial port, available on a header labeled “COMA.” If you want to have this port available, you will have to buy the necessary adapter, since the product doesn’t come with it. It also allows you to install a Trusted Platform Module (TPM), which increases security by encrypting data handled by the computer.
Figure 8 shows all the accessories that come with this motherboard.
Figure 8: Accessories