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

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

2-15

 

2.3.5

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

2-15

 

2.3.6

SATA1 and SATA2................................................

2-17

 

2.3.7

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

2-18

2.4

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

2-19

 

2.4.1

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

2-19

 

2.4.2

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

2-21

 

2.4.3

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

2-25

 

2.4.4

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

2-26

 

2.4.5

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

2-27

2.5

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

2-29

 

2.5.1

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

2-29

 

2.5.2

ACPI Version Features...........................................

2-29

 

2.5.3

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

2-29

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