Contents

 

4.1.1 Upon First Use of the Computer System ...........................

35

 

4.1.2

Updating BIOS Procedures ...............................................

37

4.2

BIOS Setup Program ......................................................................

39

 

4.2.1

BIOS Menu Bar .................................................................

40

 

4.2.2

Legend Bar ........................................................................

40

4.3

Main Menu ......................................................................................

42

 

4.3.1 Primary & Secondary Master/Slave ...................................

43

 

4.3.2

Keyboard Features ............................................................

47

4.4

Advanced Menu ..............................................................................

49

 

4.4.1 Summary of Warning Messages .........................................

51

 

4.4.2

Chip Configuration .............................................................

52

 

4.4.3

I/O Device Configuration ...................................................

54

 

4.4.4

PCI Configuration ..............................................................

56

 

4.4.5

Shadow Configuration .......................................................

58

4.5

Power Menu ....................................................................................

59

 

4.5.1

Power Up Control ..............................................................

61

 

4.5.2

Hardware Monitor ..............................................................

62

4.6

Boot Menu .......................................................................................

63

4.7

Exit Menu ........................................................................................

65

Chapter 5: Software support .................................................

67

5.1

Install an operating system ..............................................................

67

5.2

Support CD information ...................................................................

67

5.3

A7N266-VM Motherboard Support CD ............................................

68

 

5.3.1

Installation Menu ...............................................................

68

 

5.3.2

Installation Procedure ........................................................

69

 

5.3.3 Installation of PCI Drivers: Win98 ......................................

70

 

5.3.4 Installation of Audio Codec Drivers: Win98 ........................

71

 

5.3.5 Installation of NVIDIA MCP MAC Driver: Win98 .................

72

 

5.3.6 Installation of NVIDIA GeForce2 GPU Driver: Win98 .........

72

5.4

ASUS PC Probe ..............................................................................

73

5.5

ASUS Live Update ..........................................................................

78

5.6

3Deep Color Tuner ..........................................................................

79

5.7

CyberLink PowerPlayer SE .............................................................

81

5.8

CyberLink VideoLive Mail ................................................................

83

Chapter 6: Appendix ...............................................................

85

6.1

Glossary ..........................................................................................

85

6.2

Troubleshooting ...............................................................................

89

Index

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