ASUS Z97-A, manual settings for overclocking grayed out

[Lukasz Szmigiel]

Hello,
does anyone have any idea why some of overclocking features like CPU ratio or DRAM timings are grayed out regardless of setting AI Tuner to auto, XMP or manual? Am I missing something like CTRL + F1 in Gigabyte boards? Switching TPU or EPU on board doesn't make any difference either. I'm running latest BIOS for Z97-A - 1304.

 

[Lukasz Szmigiel]

Ok, this is utterly stupid and I learned that by some other guy on some other forum asking similar question for Gigabyte motherboards. It turns out that it's a BIOS design flaw suggesting that some settings are locked by making them grayed out and "Auto".

In case anyone stumbles upon the same exact "feature" - If it's grayed out, click it (select) and adjust with + and - on keyboard...