Table of contents

1.7.2 Internal connectors...............................................

1-22

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

Updating the BIOS...................................................

2-3

 

2.1.3 Saving the current BIOS file ....................................

2-5

 

2.1.4 ASUS CrashFree BIOS 2 utility ................................

2-6

 

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

2-8

 

2.1.6

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

2-9

2.2

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

2-12

 

2.2.1

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

2-13

 

2.2.2

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

2-13

 

2.2.3

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

2-14

 

2.2.4

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

2-14

 

2.2.5

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

2-14

 

2.2.6

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

2-14

 

2.2.7

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

2-15

 

2.2.8

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

2-15

2.3

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

2-16

 

2.3.1

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

2-16

 

2.3.2

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

2-16

 

2.3.3

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

2-16

 

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

2-17

 

2.3.5

HDD SMART Monitoring.........................................

2-18

2.4

Advanced menu ..................................................................

2-19

 

2.4.1

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

2-19

 

2.4.2

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

2-21

 

2.4.3

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

2-21

 

2.4.4

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

2-23

 

2.4.5

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

2-25

 

2.4.6

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

2-26

2.5

Power menu ........................................................................

2-27

 

2.5.1

ACPI Suspend Type...............................................

2-27

 

2.5.2

ACPI APIC Support ...............................................

2-27

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