Table of contents

Chapter 3: Starti ng up

3.1

Installing an operating system..............................................

3-2

3.2

Powering up ..........................................................................

3-2

3.3

Support CD information ........................................................

3-2

 

3.3.1 Running the support CD..........................................

3-3

 

3.3.2

Utilities menu ..........................................................

3-4

 

3.3.3

ASUS contact information ......................................

3-5

3.4

Software information............................................................

3-5

 

3.4.1 ASUS PC Probe II .....................................................

3-5

 

3.4.2

DTS function .........................................................

3-12

Chapter 4: Motherboard I nfo

4.1

Introduction ..........................................................................

4-2

4.2

Motherboard layout ..............................................................

4-2

4.3

Jumpers ................................................................................

4-3

4.4

Connectors ...........................................................................

4-5

Chapter 5: BI OS I nformati on

5.1 Managing and updating your BIOS ........................................

5-2

5.1.1

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

5-2

5.1.2 Creating a bootable floppy disk ..............................

5-5

5.1.3 ASUS EZ Flash utility ..............................................

5-5

5.1.4

AwardBIOS Flash utility ...........................................

5-7

5.1.5 Saving the current BIOS file ....................................

5-9

5.1.6 ASUS CrashFree BIOS utility..................................

5-10

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

5-11

5.2.1

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

5-12

5.2.2

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

5-12

5.2.3

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

5-13

5.2.4

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

5-13

5.2.5

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

5-13

5.2.6

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

5-13

5.2.7

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

5-14

5.2.8

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

5-14

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