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E1339
Revised Edition
June
Chapter
Chapter 2 - BIOS Information
2.1 Managing and updating your BIOS
2.2 BIOS Setup Program
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Federal Communications Commission Statement
Canadian Department of Communications Statement
This class B digital apparatus complies with Canadian ICES-003
Electrical safety
Operation safety
Conventions used in this guide
Where to find more information
ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC. (Asia-Pacific)
ASUS COMPUTER INTERNATIONAL (America)
ASUS COMPUTER GmbH (Germany and Austria)
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ASUS P4BGL-MXMotherboard
Thank you for buying the ASUS® P4BGL-MXmotherboard
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ATX 12V connector
CPU Sockets
DDR DIMM Sockets
ATX power connector
Super I/O chipset
Audio/Modem CODEC
PCI slots
PS/2 mouse port
Parallel port
RJ-45
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1.9.1Configuring an expansion card
1.9.2Standard Interrupt Assignments
1.USB device wake-up (3-pinUSBPWR_12, USBPWR_34, USBPWR_56)
2.Clear RTC RAM (3-pinJ1)
3.Keyboard power (3-pinKBPWR1)
1.IDE connectors (40-1pin PRI_IDE, SEC_IDE)
2.Floppy disk drive connector (34-1pin FLOPPY1)
3.Chassis Alarm (4-1pin CHASSIS1)
4.ATX power connectors (20-pinATX_POWER1)
5.USB headers (10-1pin USB1)
6.CPU and Chassis Fan Connectors (3-pinCPUFAN1, CHASFAN1)
7.Internal audio connectors (4-pinAUX1, CD1)
8.Front panel audio connectors (10-1pin IAPANEL1)
9.GAME/MIDI connector (16-1pin GAME1) (optional)
10.infrared connector (10-pinIR1)
11.Serial connector (9-pinCOM2 )
12.Hard disk connector (2-pinHDDLED)
13.System panel connector (20-pinPANEL1)
• System Power LED Lead (2-pinPLED)
• Keyboard Lock Lead (2-pinKEYLOCK)
• System Warning Speaker Lead (4-pinSPEAKER)
• System Management Interrupt Lead (2-pinSMI#)
• Reset Switch (2-pinRESET)
• ATX Power Switch / Soft-OffSwitch Lead (2-pinPWRBTN)
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2.1.1 Using ASUS EZ Flash to update the BIOS
5.At the prompt, “Please Enter File Name for NEW BIOS: _”, type in the
“Press a key to reboot”
2.1.2 Using AFLASH to update the BIOS
Creating a bootable disk
Updating the BIOS
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2.2.1 BIOS menu bar
2.2.2 Legend bar
General help
Saving changes and exiting the Setup program
Sub-menu
System Time [XX:XX:XX]
System Date [XX/XX/XXXX]
Legacy Diskette A [1.44M, 3.5 in.]
Floppy 3 Mode Support [Disabled]
Supervisor Password [Disabled] / User Password [Disabled]
Halt On [All Errors]
2.3.1 Primary and Secondary Master/Slave
Type [Auto]
[User Type HDD]
Translation Method [LBA]
Cylinders
Head
Sector
CHS Capacity
2.3.2 Keyboard Features
Boot Up NumLock Status [On]
Keyboard Auto-RepeatRate [6/Sec]
Keyboard Auto-RepeatDelay [1/4 Sec]
CPU Speed
CPU Frequency Multiple
Memory Frequency [Auto]
CPU Level 1 Cache, CPU Level 2 Cache [Enabled]
BIOS Update [Enabled]
PS/2 Mouse Function Control [Auto]
USB Legacy Support [Auto]
2.4.1 Chip Configuration
SDRAM Configuration [By SPD]
SDRAM CAS Latency [2T]
SDRAM RAS to CAS Delay [3T]
SDRAM RAS Precharge Delay [3T]
NTSC/PAL Preference [NTSC]
Internal AGP Turbo Mode [Disabled]
Graphics Aperture Size [128MB]
AGP Capability [4X Mode]
Video Memory Cache Mode [UC]
2.4.2 I/O Device Configuration
Floppy Disk Access Control [R/W]
Onboard Serial Port 1 [3F8H/IRQ4], Port 2 [2F8H/IRQ3]
UART2 Use As [COM Port]
Onboard Parallel Port [378H/IRQ7]
2.4.3 PCI Configuration
Slot 1, Slot 2, Slot 3 IRQ [Auto]
PCI/VGA Palette Snoop [Disabled]
PCI Latency Timer [32]
USB 1.1 Controller [3 Controllers]
2.4.3.1 PCI IRQ Resource Exclusion
IRQ XX Reserved [No/ICU]
Power Management [User Defined]
Video Off Option [Suspend ->Off ]
Video Off Method [DPMS OFF]
HDD Power Down [Disabled]
ACPI Suspend To RAM [Enabled]
Suspend Mode [Disabled]
2.5.1 Power Up Control
AC Power Loss Restart [Disabled]
Wake/Power Up On Ext. Modem [Disabled]
Power Up On PCI Device [Disabled]
Power Up By PS/2 Keyboard [Space Bar]
2.5.2 Hardware Monitor
MB Temperature [xxxC/xxxF]
CPU Temperature [xxxC/xxxF]
CPU Fan Speed [xxxxRPM] or [N/A]
Chassis Fan Speed [xxxxRPM] or [N/A]
Boot Sequence
Removable Device [Legacy Floppy]
IDE Hard Drive
ATAPI CD-ROM
Other Boot Device Select [INT18 Device (Network)]
Quick Power On Self Test [Enabled]
Boot Up Floppy Seek [Enabled]
Interrupt Mode [APIC]
Exit Saving Changes
Exit Discarding Changes
Load Setup Defaults
Discard Changes
Save Changes
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3.2.1Running the support CD
3.2.2Software Installation menu
ASUS PC Probe
ASUS Screen Saver
ASUS Update
Acrobat Reader
INF Driver
Intel Application Accelerator
Display
Audio
LAN
3.3.1ASUS Update
3.3.2ASUS PC Probe
Starting ASUS PC Probe
Using ASUS PC Probe
Settings
History
Memory
Hard Drives
Device Summary
ASUS PC Probe Task Bar Icon