Then we go right to the “Power” section, where we are primarily interested in the monitoring functionality that turned out to be pretty modest:

As for the board’s advantages, we could mention the ability to automatically control the rotation speed of two case fans and a CPU fan, but only if it has a four-pin connector. “Power Fan” rotation speed cannot be adjusted; the list of controlled temperatures and voltages is pretty scarce.

Now let’s move into the “Tools” section, where we find those small but pleasing innovations w mentioned in the beginning of this chapter.

“Express Gate” function allows to quickly load a Linux based operating system that will allow you to surf the Web, talk to your friends on IM, look through pictures and even play games. However, you need to install this OS first. “AI NET 2” subsection will help you check the network cable status, while “Drive Xpert Configuration” will help configure the drives connected to two additional SATA ports.

As for us, we are primarily interested in “ASUS EZ Flash 2” and “ASUS O.C. Profile” parameters. The built-in “ASUS EZ Flash 2” utility helps you to update the mainboard BIOS quickly and easily. Now it has become even faster and simpler, because the utility learned to read the data from the HDD partitions formatted for NTFS. The only case when you may need to connect a USB Flash Drive, is when you need to save the current BIOS version. As for BIOS reflashing, you can do it even from the system drive.

“ASUS O.C. Profile” technology has been long allowing to save two complete BIOS settings profiles and to load the necessary one quickly when needed. You can finally name these profiles on your own, so that you could remember what type of configuration they contain.

Besides, you can launch the built-in “O.C. Profile” utility that looks very similar to “ASUS EZ Flash 2”. “O.C. Profile” allows saving settings profiles on external media and exchange profiles with other users. Moreover, you can read the info even from an NTFS hard drive.

Overall, the BIOS of Asus P6T mainboard has everything one may need to successfully overclock and fine tune the system. Let’s see how these features work in real life.