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 2 utility...................................................

2-4

 

2.1.3

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

2-5

 

2.1.4

ASUS CrashFree BIOS 3 utility.......................................

2-7

 

2.1.5

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

2-9

2.2

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

2-12

 

2.2.1

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

2-13

 

2.2.2

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

2-13

 

2.2.3

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

2-14

 

2.2.4

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

2-14

 

2.2.5

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

2-14

 

2.2.6

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

2-14

 

2.2.7

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

2-14

 

2.2.8

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

2-14

 

2.2.9

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

2-14

2.3

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

2-15

 

2.3.1

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

2-15

 

2.3.2

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

2-15

 

2.3.3

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

2-15

 

2.3.4

Primary IDE Master/Slave, SATA1~3, ESATA...............

2-16

 

2.3.5

Storage Configuration....................................................

2-18

 

2.3.6

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

2-19

2.4

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

2-20

 

2.4.1

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

2-20

 

2.4.2

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

2-22

 

2.4.3

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

2-23

 

2.4.4

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

2-27

 

2.4.5

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

2-28

 

2.4.6

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

2-29

 

2.4.7

Trusted Computing........................................................

2-30

2.5

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

2-31

 

2.5.1

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

2-31

 

2.5.2

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

2-31

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