Asus A8V-VM - page 4

Table of contents

Chapter 2: BIOS setup

2.1 Managing and updating your BIOS ........................................2-2

2.1.1 Creating a bootable oppy 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 Conguration elds ...............................................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

2.3.4 Primary and Secondary IDE Master/Slave;

First and Second SATA .........................................2-15

2.3.5 System Information...............................................2-16

2.4 Advanced menu ..................................................................2-17

2.4.1 JumperFree Conguration .....................................2-17

2.4.2 CPU Conguration .................................................2-18

2.4.3 Chipset .................................................................2-19

2.4.4 Onboard Devices Conguration .............................2-23

2.4.5 PCI PnP .................................................................. 2-24

2.5 Power menu ........................................................................2-26

2.5.1 Suspend Mode ......................................................2-26

2.5.2 Repost Video on S3 Resume ................................2-26