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The M4N82 Deluxe uses the AMI BIOS. In the first window labeled 'Main', the options are standard. The system time and date can be set as well as the drives. The system information is at the bottom.

I will skip the 'Ai Tweaker' menu since it concerns overclocking; I will take a look at it on the next page. So the next one is the 'Advanced' menu, where there are five sub-menus.

The first thing in the 'CPU configuration' is the read-only information about it. Then, the user can enable various processor features such as Cool'n'Quiet and C1E support. Compared to the M4A79 Deluxe, there is no option for the Advanced Clock Calibration. Anyway, it is useless with Phenom IIs, which already have this feature built-in.

Next is the 'Advanced chipset Settings' sub-menu. The 'USB Configuration' sub-menu is where the USB host controllers can be enabled. The 'PCI/PnP Settings' sub-menu contains the setting to allow a plug-and-play operating system to configure the devices not required for boot.

In the 'Northbridge Chipset Configuration', there is another sub-menu about the ECC configuration. This function allows the hardware to report and correct memory errors.

The 'Southbridge Chipset Configuration' is all about the integrated graphics processor and the high precision event timer. One can enable Hybrid SLI as well as decide its frame buffer size. The 'Primary Graphics Adapter' lets you choose between PCI or PCI-E. Since the IGP has no output, it is not in the options.

In the respective sub-menu, the user can also enable the onboard devices. 

The next menu is the 'Power' menu, which is all about suspend mode and power consumption.

The 'APM Configuration' sub-menu is nothing but what kind device or event can wake up the system.

In the 'Hardware Monitor' sub-menu, temperatures, voltages and fan speeds are displayed.

The 'Boot' menu allows the user to set the boot device priority and the boot settings configuration. A password can also be set.

Finally, in the 'Tools' menu, one can access EZ Flash 2 and enable Express Gate.

This is what EZ Flash 2 looks like. As you can see, it can update the BIOS directly from a hard drive using the NTFS filesystem, which most other flash tools embedded in the BIOS cannot do.

Now, let's take a look at the overclocking options!