
Rename SATA ports for easy identification. Track the last change and save preferred profiles to a USB drive. Restore your SSDs and NVMe storage to factory settings. Quickly find tuning options and add preferred tools to the list.įlash the latest BIOS via the internet from within the BIOS.Ĭheck your storage device Self-Monitoring, Analysis, and Reporting Technology (S.M.A.R.T.) logs to gauge reliability and identify potential failures.Īutomatically detect selected ASUS graphics cards to view detailed information.
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Advanced mode enables full control over every aspect of the motherboard, and a built-in search function helps you quickly find the setting you need. When you’re ready for a deeper dive, delve into the UEFI’s Advanced mode and take complete control.

The power stage sits at the top of Infineon's lineup and features a low RDSON to reduce switching and conduction losses, helping to improve overall thermal headroom. That's why ROG Crosshair VIII Dark Hero utilizes 16 power stages. PWM controllers and phase-doublers control the circuit, and the power stages do the heavy lifting from an electrical and thermal standpoint.

That's why ROG Crosshair VIII Dark Hero utilizes teamed power stages to deliver higher burst current per phase, while maintaining the thermal performance of phase-doubled designs.Įach VRM component serves a specific purpose. These improvements necessitate a re-evaluation of power-design priorities because phase-doublers add a propagation delay that hampers transient response.įortunately, the latest integrated power components can handle higher currents than the devices of yesteryear, making it possible to implement a simple circuit topology that isn't hamstrung by the processing lag of phase-doublers. In addition, they consume less power at idle and can transition between load states much more quickly. However, today’s CPUs now pack more cores than their predecessors, and the latest instruction sets allow them to crunch computationally dense workloads at an incredible pace. Those benefits led to phase-doublers becoming universally accepted in the industry, and they are still used for similar purposes today.

The board's VRM was lauded for elegantly overcoming the power handling capabilities of components that were available at the time and also reducing voltage ripple. We became the first manufacturer to implement phase-doublers when we shipped our A8N32-SLI Deluxe motherboard, back in 2005.

