Contents

Chapter 2: BIOS Information

2.1 Managing and updating your BIOS ....................................

2-2

 

2.1.1 Creating a bootable floppy disk .............................

2-2

 

2.1.2 Using AFUDOS to update the BIOS ......................

2-3

 

2.1.3 Using AFUDOS to copy BIOS from PC .................

2-4

 

2.1.4 Using ASUS EZ Flash to update the BIOS ............

2-5

 

2.1.5 Recovering the BIOS with CrashFree BIOS 2 .......

2-6

2.2

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

2-8

 

2.2.1

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

2-9

 

2.2.2

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

2-9

 

2.2.3

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

2-9

 

2.2.4

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

2-10

 

2.2.5

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

2-10

 

2.2.6

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

2-10

 

2.2.7

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

2-10

 

2.2.8

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

2-10

 

2.2.9

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

2-10

2.3

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

2-11

 

2.3.1

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

2-11

 

2.3.2

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

2-11

 

2.3.3

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

2-11

 

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

2-12

 

2.3.5

System Information ..............................................

2-13

2.4

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

2-14

 

2.4.1

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

2-14

 

2.4.3

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

2-16

 

2.4.4

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

2-17

 

2.4.5

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

2-21

 

2.4.6

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

2-22

2.5

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

2-24

 

2.5.1

ACPI Suspend Mode ...........................................

2-24

 

2.5.2 Repost Video on S3 Resume ...............................

2-24

 

2.5.3

ACPI 2.0 Support .................................................

2-24

 

2.5.4

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

2-24

 

2.5.5

APM Configuration ...............................................

2-25

 

2.5.6

Hardware Monitor ................................................

2-26

2.6

Boot menu ........................................................................

2-27

 

2.6.1

Boot Device Priority .............................................

2-27

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