Chapter 3.

BIOS Setup............................................................................

3-1

3-1.

SoftMenu Setup........................................................................................

3-2

3-2.

Standard CMOS Features.........................................................................

3-4

3-3.

Advanced BIOS Features.........................................................................

3-7

3-4.

Advanced Chipset Features....................................................................

3-10

3-5.

Integrated Peripherals ............................................................................

3-12

3-6.

Power Management Setup .....................................................................

3-17

3-7.

PnP/PCI Configurations.........................................................................

3-20

3-8.

PC Health Status ....................................................................................

3-22

3-9.

Load Fail-Safe Defaults .........................................................................

3-23

3-10.

Load Optimized Defaults .......................................................................

3-23

3-11.

Set Password ..........................................................................................

3-23

3-12.

Save & Exit Setup ..................................................................................

3-23

3-13.

Exit Without Saving...............................................................................

3-23

Appendix A.

Install Intel Chipset Software Utility...............................................

A-1

Appendix B.

Install Intel Application Accelerator RAID....................................

B-1

Appendix C.

Install Audio Driver .........................................................................

C-1

Appendix D.

Install LAN Driver ...........................................................................

D-1

Appendix E.

Install Silicon Serial ATA RAID Driver .........................................

E-1

Appendix F.

Install USB 2.0 Driver .....................................................................

F-1

Appendix G.

BIOS Update Guide .........................................................................

G-1

Appendix H.

Hardware Monitoring (The Winbond Hardware Doctor Utility) ..

H-1

Appendix I.

Installation Guide for Suspend to RAM ..........................................

I-1

Appendix J.

Troubleshooting (Need Assistance?)................................................

J-1

Appendix K.

How to Get Technical Support ........................................................

K-1

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