[NUC] NUC Products Phasing Out Legacy BIOS Support
ASUS is phasing out support for legacy Basic Input/Output System (BIOS) boot mode.
- ASUS will not support issues, questions or debug scenarios on legacy platform BIOS configurations, as they are not official plan on record. This includes some 10th generation Intel platforms launching/launched in 2020 and all future platforms.
- If the NUC Product has legacy BIOS Support listed it will be supported.
- This same information can be found on the document, Legacy BIOS Boot Support Removal for Intel Platforms.
The following table lists if BIOS legacy is supported for non-discontinued NUC Families. Discontinued products will not be shown below.
NUC Family | Legacy BIOS Support | UEFI BIOS Support |
All NUC 11 Kits & Mini PCs | No | Yes |
NUC 10 Performance Kits - NUC10ixFN NUC 10 Performance, Mini PCs - NUC10ixFN | Yes | Yes |
NUC 9 Extreme Kits - NUC9ixQN NUC 9 Pro Kits - NUC9V7QNX and NUC9VXQN NUC 9 Extreme Compute Element - NUC9ixQN NUC 9 Pro Compute Element - NUC9ixQN | No | Yes |
NUC 8 Compute Element CM8PCB & CM8CCB NUC 8 Compute Element CM8ixCB NUC 8 Compute Element CM8v5CB & CM8v7CB | No | Yes |
NUC 8 Pro Kit - NUC8v7PN NUC 8 Pro Kit - NUC8v5PN NUC 8 Pro Kit - NUC8i3PN NUC 8 Pro Board - NUC8v7PN NUC 8 Pro Board - NUC8v5PN NUC 8 Pro Board - NUC8i3PN | No | Yes |
NUC Kits NUC8ixBE NUC 8 Home Mini PC - NUC8ixBE | Yes | Yes |
NUC Kits NUC8i7HVK & NUC8i7HNK NUC 8 Enthusiast, Mini PC - NUC8i7HVK NUC 8 Business, Mini PC - NUC8i7HNK | No | Yes |
NUC 8 Rugged Kit - NUC8CCHKR | Yes | Yes |
NUC Kits - NUC7ixDN NUC 7 Business, Mini PCs - NUC7ixDN NUC Board - NUC7ixDNB | Yes | Yes |
NUC Kit - NUC7PJYH NUC Kit - NUC7PJYHN NUC 7 Essential, Mini PC - NUC7CJYSAL NUC 7 Essential, Mini PC - NUC7CJYSAMN NUC Kit NUC7CJYH NUC Kit NUC7CJYHN | No | Yes |