BIOS Setup

DFI LANPARTY JR X58-T3H6 and DFI LANPARTY DK X58-T3eH6 mainboards are very different externally, but the functionality of their BIOS is practically the same. So, those of you who have already read the corresponding chapter of our DFI LANPARTY JR X58-T3H6 mainboard review, where we discussed all the functions in great detail, we will simply refresh a few things pointing out the most significant ones.

Let’s start with “PC Health Status” section that offers excellent functionality for controlling the voltages, temperatures and fan rotation speeds. The rotation speed of three fans may be set in dependence on the corresponding temperatures. Also, you can set maximum allowed CPU temperature, by reaching which the board will shut down.

The next section is huge and is called “Genie BIOS Setting”. It contains all parameters related to system overclocking and performance optimization.

If you have specific questions about any of the parameters, please, consult the above mentioned manual with detailed description of all BIOS settings. Everything is pretty clear here. The only thing I would like to point out specifically is the following. When you set the memory frequency manually, the mainboard automatically sets the Uncore frequency (frequency of the North Bridge part integrated into the CPU). However, you can still adjust this frequency independently and automatic adjustment is merely a recommended setting.

“Genie BIOS Setting” section has three sub-sections. The first one is called “CPU Feature”. It contains all parameters related to CPU and processor technologies.

“DRAM Timings” sub-section, of course, works with memory subsystem configuration.

“Voltage Settings” sub-section contains a lot of parameters related to voltages and power-saving functions.

“CMOS Reloaded” section allows you to quickly save and load four BIOS settings profiles. Each may be given a detailed three-line description. The system automatically saves a configuration profile into the fifth available slot after every successful POST pass, so you can use it, too.

It is hard to find anything wrong with the BIOS functionality of DFI mainboards and DFI LANPARTY DK X58-T3eH6 is certainly no exception. The only thing that almost all contemporary LGA1366 mainboards have, except DFI ones, is XMP (eXtreme Memory Profile) technology support. However, it is no big deal and you can do just fine without it. We used to complain about a lot of undocumented parameters, but not any more: they did come up with an extensive manual that is being constantly updated. I’d like to believe that other mainboard makers will follow DFI’s example in terms of both: number of BIOS parameters as well as the way all of them are documented, but will leave out mistakes and inaccuracies.