Asus A8N-SLI Chapter 5: Software support

Contents

4.3	Main menu ..........................................................................		4-15
	4.3.1	System Time.........................................................	4-15
	4.3.2	System Date .........................................................	4-15
	4.3.3	Language ..............................................................	4-15
	4.3.4	Legacy Diskette A ................................................	4-15
	4.3.5 Primary and Secondary IDE Master/Slave .............		4-16
	4.3.5 First, Second, Third, Fourth SATA Master ............		4-18
	4.3.7	HDD SMART Monitoring ........................................	4-19
	4.3.8	Installed Memory ..................................................	4-19
4.4	Advanced menu ..................................................................		4-20
	4.4.1	CPU Configuration.................................................	4-20
	4.4.2	PCIPnP ...................................................................	4-23
	4.4.3	Onboard Devices Configuration ............................	4-24
	4.4.4	SLI Configuration ..................................................	4-29
	4.4.5	JumperFree Configuration ....................................	4-30
	4.4.6	LAN Cable Status .................................................	4-32
	4.4.7	PEG Link Mode ......................................................	4-33
	4.4.8	Speech Configuration ...........................................	4-34
	4.4.9	Instant Music ........................................................	4-34
4.5	Power menu ........................................................................		4-35
	4.5.1	ACPI Suspend Type...............................................	4-35
	4.5.2	ACPI APIC Support ................................................	4-35
	4.5.3	APM Configuration ................................................	4-36
	4.5.4	Hardware Monitor .................................................	4-38
4.6	Boot menu ..........................................................................		4-40
	4.6.1	Boot Device Priority ..............................................	4-40
	4.6.3	Hard Disk Drives ...................................................	4-41
	4.6.2	Removable Drives .................................................	4-41
	4.6.4	CDROM Drives .......................................................	4-42
	4.6.5	Boot Settings Configuration .................................	4-42
	4.6.6	Security ................................................................	4-44
4.7	Exit menu ...........................................................................		4-46

Chapter 5: Software support

5.1 Installing an operating system ............................................. 5-1

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