Gigabyte MA790FX-DQ6
BIOS
The BIOS of Gigabyte MA790FX-DQ6 is based on the Award BIOS Phoenix version.
Memory configuration settings are gathered in a separate overclocking section which becomes visible upon pressing the "Ctrl+F1" key combination in the BIOS main menu.
There is also the parameter in charge of setting memory operating frequency.
Now move on to the section to do with the system monitoring.
The board displays the current temperature values of the CPU and the system, as well as the rotational speed of the four fans. Note that the CPU cooler and the cooler plugged in to SYSFAN1 is able adjusting the rotational speeds depending on the temperature of the CPU and the system, respectively.
Besides, you can trace the system monitoring readings from within Windows as well. For that, the Gigabyte EasyTune 3 utility is used.
Using this utility, it is possible to tune the SmartFan feature:
There is another utility - @BIOS which is meant to update the BIOS:
With the BIOS, there also works the FaceWizard program which is meant to update the POST boot image.
By the way, the board has no customary BIOS chips (in cradles). According to the documentation, the BIOS functions are implemented by these chips (the left-hand is is the main, with the right-hand being used for backup).
In conclusion, we note the feature for saving the BIOS settings as a profile:
Gigabyte MA790FX-DQ6 maintains 8 profiles, and part of them is saved by the board itself:
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