Contents

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

AwardBIOS Flash Utility ..........................................

2-3

 

2.1.3 ASUS CrashFree BIOS 2 utility ................................

2-7

2.2

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

2-8

 

2.2.1

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

2-9

 

2.2.2

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

2-9

2.3

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

2-11

 

2.3.1

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

2-11

 

2.3.2

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

2-11

 

2.3.3

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

2-11

 

2.3.4

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

2-11

 

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

2-12

 

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

2-14

 

2.3.7

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

2-15

2.4

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

2-16

 

2.4.1

CPU configuration .................................................

2-17

 

2.4.2

Chipset configuration ...........................................

2-18

 

2.4.3

PCIPnP ...................................................................

2-20

 

2.4.4

Onboard device configuration .............................

2-22

2.5

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

2-26

 

2.5.1

APM configuration ................................................

2-27

 

2.5.2

Hardware monitor .................................................

2-29

2.6

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

2-30

 

2.6.1

Boot Device Priority ..............................................

2-31

 

2.6.2

Hard Disk Drives ...................................................

2-31

 

2.6.3

Boot settings configuration ..................................

2-32

 

2.6.4

Security ................................................................

2-34

2.7

Exit menu ...........................................................................

2-35

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