Asus AP130-E1 BIOS setup

Chapter 4

This chapter tells how to change system settings through the BIOS Setup menus. Detailed descriptions of the BIOS parameters are also provided.

BIOS setup

Contents

Page E1410 First edition February Chapter 1: Product introduction Chapter 2: Hardware information Chapter 3: Powering up Chapter 4: BIOS setup Appendix: Reference information Federal Communications Commission Statement Canadian Department of Communications Statement This class B digital apparatus complies with Canadian ICES-003 Electrical safety Operation safety How this guide is organized Conventions used in this guide Where to find more information Page Page Page Product introduction Page Thank you for buying the ASUS® PSCH-Lmotherboard ASUS PSCH-Lmotherboard user guide Latest processor technology Dual-channelDDR400 memory support Serial ATA technology Multi-RAIDsolution Gigabit LAN solution USB 2.0 technology Page Hardware information Page Page 2.2.1 Placement direction 2.2.2 Screw holes 2.2.3 Motherboard layout Layout Contents 2.3.1 Overview 2.3.2 Installing the CPU Page 2.3.3 Installing the heatsink and fan Page 2.3.4 Connecting the CPU fan cable 2.4.1 Overview 2.4.2 Memory configurations Table Recommended memory configurations Table Memory frequency/CPU FSB synchronization 2.4.3 Installing a DIMM 2.4.4 Removing a DIMM 2.5.1 Installing an expansion card 2.5.2 Configuring an expansion card Standard Interrupt Assignments IRQ assignments for this motherboard 2.5.3 PCI slots 1.Keyboard power (3-pinKBPWR) 2.RAID enable (3-pinRAID_EN) 3.Clear RTC RAM (3-pinCLRTC1) 2.7.1 Rear panel connectors 2.7.2 Internal connectors 3.IDE connectors (40-1pin PRI_IDE[blue], SEC_IDE [black) 4.Serial ATA connectors (7-pin SATA-IDE3, SATA-IDE4) 5.Serial ATA RAID connectors (7-pin R-SATA1, R-SATA2, R-SATA3, R-SATA4) 6.Chassis intrusion connector (4-1pin CHASS1) 7.Power supply thermal connector (2-pinTHERMAL_AUX) 9.Serial port 2 connector (10-1pin COM2) 10.ATX power connectors (20-pinATXPWR, 4-pinATX12V) 11.USB header (10-1pin USB34) 12.System panel connector (20-pinPANEL) •System Power LED Lead (3-1pin PLED) •Message LED Lead (2-pinMLED) •System Warning Speaker Lead (4-pinSPEAKER) •Hard Disk Activity Lead (2-pinHD_LED) •System Management Interrupt Lead (2-pinSMI) Page Powering up Page AMI BIOS beep codes 3.2.1 Using the OS shut down function 3.2.2 Using the dual function power switch BIOS setup Managing and updating your BIOS 4.1.1 Creating a bootable floppy disk 4.1.2 Using AFUDOS to update the BIOS 4.1.3 Using AFUDOS to copy BIOS from PC 4.1.4 Recovering the BIOS with CrashFree BIOS To recover the BIOS from the support CD: 4.1.5 ASUS Update Page <Ctrl+Alt+Delete 4.2.1 BIOS menu screen 4.2.2 Menu bar 4.2.3 Navigation keys 4.2.4 Menu items 4.2.5 Sub-menuitems 4.2.6 Configuration fields 4.2.7 Pop-upwindow 4.2.8 Scroll bar 4.3.1 System Information 4.3.2 System Time [xx:xx:xxxx] 4.3.3 System Date [Day xx/xx/xxxx] 4.3.4 Floppy A [1.44M, 3 1/2”] Type [Auto] 4.3.6 Boot Options Boot Settings Configuration Add On ROM Display Mode [Force BIOS] Bootup Num-Lock[On] System Keyboard [Present] Post Errors [Enabled] Clear Screen Delay (sec) [5] Boot Device Priority Hard Disk Drives Removable Drives 4.3.7 System Memory 4.4.1 CPU Configuration L3 Cache [Enabled] Fast String Operation [Enabled] Compatible FPU Code [Disabled] Split Lock Operation [Enabled] Adjacent Sector Prefetch [Enabled] 4.4.2 Chipset Configuration 4.4.3 Super IO Configuration 4.4.4 IDE Configuration 4.4.5 USB Configuration 4.4.6 ACPI Configuration Advanced ACPI Configuration 4.4.7 PCI PnP Configuration Plug & Play O/S [No] OffBoard PCI/ISA IDE Card [Auto] C.S. A. Gigabit Ethernet Promise RAID 4.4.8Hardware Health Configuration 4.4.9 Remote Access Configuration 4.5.1Set Setup/System Password Clear System Password Not Installed Installed To set a Setup Password: Set Setup Password 4.5.2 Setup Password Lock [Standard] 4.5.3 System Password Mode [System] 4.5.4 Boot Sector Virus Protection [Disabled] 4.5.5 Diskette Write [Enabled] 4.5.6 Flash Write [Enabled] 4.5.7 System Load [Standard] 4.5.8 Setup Prompt [Enabled] 4.6.1 Power Failure Recovery [Last State] 4.6.2 Resume On Ring [Disabled] 4.6.2 Resume On LAN [Disabled] 4.6.3 Resume On RTC Alarm [Disabled] 4.7.1 Save Changes and Exit 4.7.2 Load Previous Values and Exit 4.7.3 Load Previous Values 4.7.4 Load Optimal Defaults Reference information A-1Block diagram A-1 A-1 A-2