Contents

1.7

Jumpers

..............................................................................

1-18

1.8

Connectors .........................................................................

1-20

 

1.8.1

Rear panel connectors ..........................................

1-20

 

1.8.2

Internal connectors...............................................

1-22

Chapter 2: BIOS setup

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

2-2

 

2.1.1 Creating a bootable floppy disk ..............................

2-2

 

2.1.2

Updating the BIOS ..................................................

2-3

 

2.1.3 Saving the current BIOS file....................................

2-5

 

2.1.4 ASUS EZ Flash utility ..............................................

2-6

2.2

BIOS setup program .............................................................

2-7

 

2.2.1

BIOS menu screen...................................................

2-8

 

2.2.2

Menu bar .................................................................

2-8

 

2.2.3

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

2-9

 

2.2.4

Menu items .............................................................

2-9

 

2.2.5

Sub-menu items .....................................................

2-9

 

2.2.6

Configuration fields ................................................

2-9

 

2.2.7

Pop-up window .....................................................

2-10

 

2.2.8

General help ..........................................................

2-10

2.3

Main menu ..........................................................................

2-11

 

2.3.1

System Time.........................................................

2-11

 

2.3.2

System Date .........................................................

2-11

 

2.3.3

Language ..............................................................

2-11

 

2.3.4

Legacy Diskette A ................................................

2-11

 

2.3.5 Primary and Secondary IDE Master/Slave .............

2-12

 

2.3.6 First, Second, Third, Fourth SATA Master ............

2-14

 

2.3.7

HDD SMART Monitoring ........................................

2-15

 

2.3.8

Installed Memory ..................................................

2-15

2.4

Advanced menu ..................................................................

2-16

 

2.4.1

CPU Configuration.................................................

2-16

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