Table of contents

Chapter 3: Starti ng up

3.1

Installing an operating system..............................................

3-2

3.2

Powering up...........................................................................

3-2

3.3

Support CD information.........................................................

3-3

 

3.3.1 Running the support CD..........................................

3-3

 

3.3.2

Drivers menu...........................................................

3-4

 

3.3.3

Utilities Disk.............................................................

3-5

 

3.3.4

Make Disk menu.......................................................

3-6

 

3.3.5

ASUS Contact information.......................................

3-7

Chapter 4: Motherboard I nformati on

4.1

Introduction...........................................................................

4-2

4.2

Motherboard layout...............................................................

4-2

4.3

Jumpers.................................................................................

4-3

4.4

Connectors............................................................................

4-4

Chapter 5: BI OS Setup

5.1 Managing and updating your BIOS.........................................

5-2

5.1.1 Creating a bootable floppy disk...............................

5-2

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

5-3

5.1.3

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

5-4

5.1.4

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

5-6

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

5-9

5.2.1

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

5-10

5.2.2

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

5-10

5.2.3

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

5-10

5.2.4

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

5-11

5.2.5

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

5-11

5.2.6

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

5-11

5.2.7

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

5-11

5.2.8

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

5-13

5.2.9

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

5-11

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