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ASUS F1A75-M Pro AMD APU Motherboard Review

Manufacturer: AMD
Product: ASUS
Date: Wed, Jun 29, 2011 - 11:00 PM
Written By: Dan Stoltz -
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ASUS F1A75-M Pro UEFI BIOS

ASUS F1A75-M Pro APU Motherboard UEFI BIOS

The ASUS F1A75-M Pro motherboard uses the UEFI BIOS that we have come to love from ASUS. The main page of the UEFI BIOS is the ASUS EZ Mode. Here we can check the system temps, voltages, and fan speeds. The ASUS EZ Mode also allows us to change the boot priority between the different devices connected to the system.

ASUS F1A75-M Pro APU Motherboard UEFI BIOS

Once we switch in to the Advanced mode we are first brought to the Main page. Here we can change the language, date, time, and security settings.

ASUS F1A75-M Pro APU Motherboard UEFI BIOS

The AI Tweaker with in the ASUS F1A75-M Pro is where we can set all of the settings for the CPU and RAM. Including frequencies and voltages.

ASUS F1A75-M Pro APU Motherboard UEFI BIOS

We can also set the DIGI+ VRM settings within the AI Tweaker.

ASUS F1A75-M Pro APU Motherboard UEFI BIOS

The Advanced tab of the ASUS F1A75-M Pro will grant us access to the CPU Configuration, SATA Configuration, USB Configuration, North Bridge Configuration, Onboard Devices, and APM.

ASUS F1A75-M Pro APU Motherboard UEFI BIOS

The CPU Configuration sub-page will let us change various CPU settings like the C6 states, and AMD Powernow function.

ASUS F1A75-M Pro APU Motherboard UEFI BIOS

The SATA Configuration sub-page will let us change switch between IDE, AHCI, and RAID mode.

ASUS F1A75-M Pro APU Motherboard UEFI BIOS

The USB Configuration sub-page allowsus to change the various USB Settings for both USB 2.0 and the Super Speed USB 3.0.

ASUS F1A75-M Pro APU Motherboard UEFI BIOS

The NB Configuration is where we will find the graphic settings for the AMD A8-3850 APU.

ASUS F1A75-M Pro APU Motherboard UEFI BIOS

The Onboard Device configuration lets us disable the various onboard devices like the Realtek RTL8111E Gigabit Ethernet controller, and onboard audio.

ASUS F1A75-M Pro APU Motherboard UEFI BIOS

The hardware monitor page within the ASUS F1A75-M Pro UEFI BIOS is quite possibly one of the most important pages, at least to me. If you have ever failed to mount a CPU cooler properly or forgotten to plug in the CPU fan (guilty), you know how important it is to check temperatures before you start the build. On the monitor page we can check the temperatures of the CPU, and motherboard. We can check fan speeds of the four fans, as well as checking the voltages of the CPU, 3.3V, 5V, and 12 Volt rails as detected by the ASUS F1A75-M Pro.

ASUS F1A75-M Pro APU Motherboard UEFI BIOS

The Boot page has all of the settings for the system boot process.

ASUS F1A75-M Pro APU Motherboard UEFI BIOS

The Tools Page has the ASUS EZ Flash 2 Utility, ASUS OC Profile, as well as the ASUS SPD Information.

ASUS F1A75-M Pro APU Motherboard UEFI BIOS

Last but by no means least is the Exit options.

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Review Index
Page 1 - ASUS F1A75-M Pro Socket FM1 APU Motherboard
Page 2 - ASUS F1A75-M Pro Retail Packaging and Bundle
Page 3 - ASUS F1A75-M Pro Motherboard Layout
Page 4 - ASUS F1A75-M Pro UEFI BIOS
Page 5 - The Legit Reviews Test System
Page 6 - SiSoftware Sandra 2011 SP3 Memory Bandwidth
Page 7 - ASUS F1A75-M Pro IGP directx 9 Performance
Page 8 - ASUS F1A75-M Pro IGP DirectX 11 Performance
Page 9 - ASUS F1A75-M Pro Dedicated Card performance
Page 10 - Futuremark 3DMark11 Synthetic Gaming Benchmark with Discrete Graphics
Page 11 - Futuremark 3DMark Vantage Synthetic Benchmark
Page 12 - Rightmark Audio Analyzer
Page 13 - Network Throughput Testing
Page 14 - SATA III 6Gbps Performance Testing
Page 15 - SuperSpeed USB 3.0 Performance Testing
Page 16 - ASUS F1A75-M Pro System Power Consumption
Page 17 - Final Thoughts and Conclusion