Contents

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

2-3

 

2.1.3

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

2-4

 

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

2-6

 

2.1.5

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

2-8

2.2

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

2-11

 

2.2.1

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

2-12

 

2.2.2

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

2-12

 

2.2.3

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

2-12

 

2.2.4

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

2-13

 

2.2.5

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

2-13

 

2.2.6

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

2-13

 

2.2.7

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

2-13

 

2.2.8

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

2-13

 

2.2.9

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

2-13

2.3

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

2-14

 

2.3.1

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

2-14

 

2.3.2

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

2-14

 

2.3.3

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

2-14

 

2.3.4 Primary and Secondary IDE Master/Slave;

 

 

 

First and Second SATA .........................................

2-15

 

2.3.5

IDE Configuration ..................................................

2-16

 

2.3.6

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

2-17

2.4

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

2-18

 

2.4.1 AMD Cool ʻnʼ Quiet Configuration .........................

2-18

 

2.4.2

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

2-19

 

2.4.3

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

2-20

 

2.4.4

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

2-20

 

2.4.5

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

2-27

 

2.4.6

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

2-28

 

2.4.7

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

2-29

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