Asus NCCH-DR Chapter 4: BIOS Setup, Chapter 3: Powering up

Contents

Chapter 3: Powering up

3.1	Starting up for the first time................................................		3-1
3.2	Powering off the computer ..................................................		3-2
	3.2.1	Using the OS shut down function ...........................	3-2
	3.2.2	Using the dual function power switch ....................	3-2

Chapter 4: BIOS Setup

4.1 Managing and updating your BIOS ........................................			4-1
	4.1.1 Creating a bootable floppy disk ..............................		4-1
	4.1.2	AwardBIOS Flash Utility ..........................................	4-3
	4.1.3 ASUS CrashFree BIOS 2 utility ................................		4-7
	4.1.4 ASUS EZ Flash utility ..............................................		4-9
	4.1.5	ASUS Update utility ..............................................	4-10
4.2	BIOS Setup program ...........................................................		4-13
	4.2.1	BIOS menu screen.................................................	4-14
	4.2.2	Menu bar ...............................................................	4-14
	4.2.3	Navigation keys ....................................................	4-14
	4.2.4	General help ..........................................................	4-15
	4.2.5	Sub-menu .............................................................	4-15
	4.2.6	Scroll bar ..............................................................	4-15
	4.2.7	Pop-up window .....................................................	4-15
4.3	Main menu ..........................................................................		4-16
	4.3.1	Primary IDE Master ...............................................	4-17
	4.3.2	Primary IDE Slave ..................................................	4-19
	4.3.3	Secondary IDE Master ...........................................	4-19
	4.3.4	Secondary IDE Slave .............................................	4-19
4.4	Advanced menu ..................................................................		4-20
	4.4.1	Advanced BIOS Features ......................................	4-21
	4.4.2	CPU Configuration.................................................	4-22
	4.4.3	Memory Configuration ..........................................	4-23
	4.4.4	Chipset .................................................................	4-24
	4.4.5	Onboard Device ....................................................	4-25
	4.4.6	PCIPnP ...................................................................	4-29
	4.4.7	USB Configuration.................................................	4-31
4.5	Power menu ........................................................................		4-32
	4.5.1	APM Configuration ................................................	4-33
	4.5.2	Hardware Monitor .................................................	4-36

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