“All Voltage Settings” sub-section offers all parameters dealing with voltages adjustment:

So far the options in Quantum BIOS sections and sub-sections didn’t require any specific explanations on our part: things have been pretty clear. I suggest checking out in a bit greater detail the sub-section called “OC Gear”. There are two groups of parameters in it: “CMOS Backup” dealing with the BIOS settings profiles and “Foxconn Features” with more diverse options. This is where we are going to begin.

Gigabyte has been installing two BIOS chips on their mainboards for many years already, however, we don’t see DualBIOS technology evolving in any way for some reason. The board may switch to the backup chip any minute and then switch back, but the user has no control over any of this. We see a totally different approach by Foxconn. We can select the desired boot-up chip with special jumpers or in the BIOS via “Software BIOS Selection” parameter. Moreover, during the BISO update the utility will ask which BIOS chip you want to update. Very convenient!

“Smart Boot Menu” parameter makes a totally different impression. I still don’t understand why they called it “smart”. Look for yourselves: the board doesn’t know to launch a start-up menu with any key combinations. To change the order of boot-up devices you need to access the BIOS and change it in the “Boot Setting Configuration” section. It is very inconvenient, however, there is another way: by enabling “Smart Boot Menu”, which will then be displayed on every boot-up.

The problem is that this menu will be on the screen until you manually select the boot-up device or exit the menu. So, why would anyone want to see the boot-up menu on every system reboot if you may only need to change the boot-up device once a month or so? I could agree if this menu were displayed for a few seconds and then the board switched to the default boot-up device if no action from user has followed. But currently, this is hardly a “smart” feature and it is very good that it is disabled by default: I really had no desire of enabling it after getting to know it better.

As for “Smart Power LED” parameter, it is pretty neutral. If you enable it, the power indicator on the system case will blink in a specific manner if any problems occur during startup POST. If everything is OK, it will glow as usual without any blinking. If the board is equipped with a fully-functional POST indicator panel, then the practical need for “Smart Power LED” is questionable, however, it will not cause any harm or inconvenience, either.

Another thing I would like to draw your attention to is the enabled “Spread Spectrum” parameter and disabled “Over Clock Recovery”. However, this is only because the system is working in its nominal mode. As soon as we start our overclocking experiments, these parameters will change to the opposite values. A lot of mainboards out there act this way, but unfortunately, not all of them. It is really nice that Foxconn BloodRAGE take care of overclocking fans even in such minor details by taking over the routine operations like that.

As for the “CMOS Backup” parameters group, everything here is pretty evident. The board allows saving eight different BIOS settings profiles and loading the necessary one when needed real quick. The peculiarity here is that we can’t name the profiles as we see fit, but have to choose from the preset list.

Honestly, it is not as convenient as giving the profile your own name, but still better than no name or description of any kind. It is very easy to select the desired settings profile: the active profiles are highlighted green and the descriptions remind you of their contents. Only it takes quite a bit for the profiles to be saved and loaded.

Here we are going to wind up our discussion of the “Quantum BIOS” functionality. The last thing left is the “Board Information” section reporting the current system status: