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

2-3

 

2.1.3

AFUDOS utility ........................................................

2-4

 

2.1.4

ASUS Update utility ................................................

2-6

2.2

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

2-9

 

2.2.1

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

2-10

 

2.2.2

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

2-10

 

2.2.3

Navigation keys ....................................................

2-10

 

2.2.4

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

2-11

 

2.2.5

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

2-11

 

2.2.6

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

2-11

 

2.2.7

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

2-11

 

2.2.8

Scroll bar ..............................................................

2-11

 

2.2.9

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

2-11

2.3

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

2-12

 

2.3.1

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

2-12

 

2.3.2

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

2-12

 

2.3.3

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

2-12

2.3.4Primary and Secondary IDE Master/Slave;

 

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

2-13

2.3.5

IDE Configuration ..................................................

2-14

2.3.6

System Information ..............................................

2-15

2.4 Advanced menu ..................................................................

2-16

2.4.1 AMD Cool ÔnÕ Quiet Configuration .........................

2-16

2.4.2

JumperFree Configuration ....................................

2-17

2.4.3

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

2-18

2.4.4

Chipset .................................................................

2-18

2.4.5

Onboard Devices Configuration ............................

2-25

2.4.6

PCI PnP .................................................................

2-26

2.4.7

USB Configuration.................................................

2-27

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