Contents

Chapter 3: Powering up .........................................................

41

3.1

Starting up for the first time...................................................

41

3.2

Powering off the computer....................................................

42

Chapter 4: BIOS setup ...........................................................

43

4.1

Managing and updating your BIOS.......................................

43

 

4.1.1 Using the computer system for the first time ............

43

 

4.1.2

Updating BIOS procedures ......................................

45

4.2

BIOS Setup program .............................................................

47

 

4.2.1

BIOS menu bar .........................................................

48

 

4.2.2

Legend bar ...............................................................

48

4.3

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

50

 

4.3.1 Primary and Secondary Master/Slave ......................

51

 

4.3.2

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

55

4.4

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

57

 

4.4.1

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

59

 

4.4.2

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

61

 

4.4.3

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

63

4.5

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

67

 

4.5.1

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

69

 

4.5.2

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

71

4.6

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

72

4.7

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

74

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

77

5.1

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

77

5.2

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

77

5.3

A7S333 Motherboard Support CD ........................................

78

5.4

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

81

5.5

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

86

5.6

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

87

5.7

ITE GSM Editor .....................................................................

89

5.8

Cyberlink PowerPlayer SE ...................................................

93

5.9

Cyberlink VideoLive Mail ......................................................

94

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

97

Index

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101

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