Contents

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

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

2-7

2.2

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

2-9

 

2.2.1

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

2-10

 

2.2.2

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

2-10

 

2.2.3

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

2-10

 

2.2.4

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

2-11

 

2.2.5

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

2-11

 

2.2.6

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

2-11

 

2.2.7

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

2-11

 

2.2.8

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

2-11

 

2.2.9

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

2-11

2.3

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

2-12

 

2.3.1

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

2-12

 

2.3.2

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

2-12

 

2.3.3

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

2-12

 

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

2-13

 

2.3.5

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

2-14

2.4

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

2-15

 

2.4.1

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

2-15

 

2.4.2

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

2-16

 

2.4.3

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

2-17

 

2.4.4

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

2-21

 

2.4.5

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

2-23

2.5

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

2-25

 

2.5.1

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

2-25

 

2.5.2

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

2-25

 

2.5.3

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

2-26

 

2.5.4

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

2-27

2.6

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

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