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 copy the current BIOS...............

2-2

 

2.1.3 Using AFUDOS to update the BIOS........................

2-3

 

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

2-5

2.2

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

2-6

 

2.2.1

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

2-7

 

2.2.2

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

2-7

 

2.2.3

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

2-7

 

2.2.4

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

2-8

 

2.2.5

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

2-8

 

2.2.6

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

2-8

 

2.2.7

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

2-8

 

2.2.8

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

2-8

 

2.2.9

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

2-8

2.3

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

2-9

 

2.3.1

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

2-9

 

2.3.2

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

2-9

 

2.3.3

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

2-9

 

2.3.4

Diskette Write .........................................................

2-9

 

2.3.5

Primary/Secondary IDE Master/Slave...................

2-10

 

2.3.6

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

2-11

2.4

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

2-12

 

2.4.1

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

2-12

 

2.4.2

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

2-15

 

2.4.3

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

2-19

 

2.4.4

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

2-21

 

2.4.5

System Frequency/Voltage Configuration.............

2-22

2.5

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

2-23

 

2.5.1

Suspend Mode .....................................................

2-23

 

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

2-23

 

2.5.3

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

2-23

 

2.5.4

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

2-23

 

2.5.5

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

2-24

 

2.5.6

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

2-26

2.6

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

2-27

 

2.6.1

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

2-28

 

2.6.2

Boot Settings Configuration ..................................

2-29

 

2.6.3

Security .................................................................

2-30

2.7

Exit menu...........................................................................

2-31

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