Table of contents

Chapter 3:Starting up

 

3.1

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

3-2

3.2

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

3-2

 

3.2.1 Running the support CD .........................................

3-2

 

3.2.2

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

3-3

 

3.2.3

Utilities menu ..........................................................

3-4

 

3.2.4

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

3-5

 

3.2.5

Other information ...................................................

3-6

3.3

Software information ...........................................................

3-8

 

3.3.1

ASUS PC Probe .......................................................

3-8

 

3.3.2

ASUS Update ........................................................

3-12

Chapter 4: Motherboard Info

4.1

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

4-2

4.2

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

4-2

4.3

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

4-3

4.4

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

4-5

Chapter 5: BIOS Information

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

5-2

 

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

5-2

 

5.1.2 Updating the BIOS using the AwardBIOS

 

 

 

Flash Utility .............................................................

5-3

 

5.1.3 Recovering the BIOS with CrashFree BIOS ..............

5-5

 

5.1.4

ASUS Update ..........................................................

5-6

5.2

BIOS Setup program .............................................................

5-7

 

5.2.1

BIOS menu bar ........................................................

5-8

 

5.2.2

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

5-8

5.3

Main Menu...........................................................................

5-10

 

5.3.1

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

5-10

 

5.3.2

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

5-10

 

5.3.3

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

5-10

 

5.3.4

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

5-10

 

5.3.5 Primary and Secondary Master/Slave ...................

5-11

 

5.3.6

Installed Memory ..................................................

5-12

i v