Asus A7VT400 Chapter 3: Starting up, Chapter 4: Motherboard info, Chapter 5: BIOS information

Table of contents

2.13	Connecting external devices ..............................................		2-23
2.14	Power supply specifications ...............................................		2-24
	2.14.1	Input Characteristics ............................................	2-24
	2.14.2	Output Characteristics .........................................	2-24
	2.14.3	Over-Voltage Protection (OVP) ............................	2-24

Chapter 3: Starting up
3.1	Installing an operating system .............................................		3-2
3.2	Support CD information ........................................................		3-2
	3.2.1 Running the support CD .........................................		3-2
	3.2.2	Utilities menu ..........................................................	3-3
	3.2.3	ASUS Contact information ......................................	3-4
	3.2.4	Other information ...................................................	3-5
3.3	Software information ...........................................................		3-7
	3.3.1	ASUS PC Probe .......................................................	3-7
	3.3.2	ASUS Update ........................................................	3-11

Chapter 4: Motherboard info

4.1	Introduction ..........................................................................	4-2
4.2	Motherboard layout ..............................................................	4-2
4.3	Jumpers ................................................................................	4-3
4.4	Connectors ...........................................................................	4-6

Chapter 5: BIOS information

5.1	Managing and updating your BIOS ........................................		5-2
	5.1.1 Creating a bootable floppy disk ..............................		5-2
	5.1.2 Updating the BIOS using the AwardBIOS
		Flash Utility .............................................................	5-3
	5.1.3 Recovering the BIOS with CrashFree BIOS ..............		5-6
	5.1.4	ASUS Update ..........................................................	5-7
5.2	BIOS Setup program .............................................................		5-8
	5.2.1	BIOS menu bar ........................................................	5-9
	5.2.2	Legend bar .............................................................	5-9

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