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 CrashFree BIOS 2 utility ................................

2-6

 

2.1.5

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

2-8

2.2

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

2-11

 

2.2.1

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

2-12

 

2.2.2

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

2-12

 

2.2.3

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

2-12

 

2.2.4

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

2-13

 

2.2.5

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

2-13

 

2.2.6

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

2-13

 

2.2.7

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

2-13

 

2.2.8

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

2-13

 

2.2.9

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

2-13

2.3

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

2-14

 

2.3.1

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

2-14

 

2.3.2

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

2-14

 

2.3.3

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

2-14

2.3.4Primary, Secondary, Third, and Fourth IDE

 

Master/Slave ........................................................

2-15

2.3.5

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

2-16

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

2-17

2.4.1

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

2-17

2.4.2

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

2-18

2.4.3

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

2-20

2.4.4

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

2-21

2.4.5

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

2-28

2.4.6

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

2-29

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