Contents

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

39

3.1

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

39

3.2

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

40

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

41

4.1

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

41

 

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

41

 

4.1.2

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

43

4.2

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

45

 

4.2.1

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

46

 

4.2.2

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

46

4.3

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

48

 

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

49

 

4.3.2

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

53

4.4

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

55

 

4.4.1

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

58

 

4.4.2

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

61

 

4.4.3

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

63

4.5

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

65

 

4.5.1

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

67

 

4.5.2

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

69

4.6

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

70

4.7

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

72

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

75

5.1

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

75

5.2

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

75

5.3

A7V266-M Motherboard Support CD ....................................

76

5.4

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

79

5.5

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

84

5.6

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

85

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

87

Index

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91

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