Asus P4P800 Chapter 3: Powering up, Chapter 4: BIOS setup

Contents

Chapter 3: Powering up

3.1	Starting up for the first time ................................................	3-1
3.2	Vocal POST Messages ......................................................	3-2
3.3	Powering off the computer .................................................	3-4

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 Using AFUDOS to update the BIOS ......................		4-1
	4.1.3 Using AFUDOS to copy BIOS from PC .................		4-3
	4.1.4 Using ASUS EZ Flash to update the BIOS ............		4-4
	4.1.5 Recovering the BIOS with CrashFree BIOS 2 .......		4-5
4.2	BIOS Setup program ..........................................................		4-7
	4.2.1	BIOS menu screen ................................................	4-8
	4.2.2	Menu bar ................................................................	4-8
	4.2.3	Navigation keys .....................................................	4-8
	4.2.4	Menu items ............................................................	4-9
	4.2.5	Sub-menu items .....................................................	4-9
	4.2.6	Configuration fields ................................................	4-9
	4.2.7	Pop-up window ......................................................	4-9
	4.2.8	Scroll bar ................................................................	4-9
	4.2.9	General help ..........................................................	4-9
4.3	Main menu ........................................................................		4-10
	4.3.1	System Time [xx:xx:xxxx] .....................................	4-10
	4.3.2 System Date [Day xx/xx/xxxx] .............................		4-10
	4.3.3 Legacy Diskette A [1.44M, 3.5 in.] .......................		4-10
	4.3.4	Language [English] ..............................................	4-10
	4.3.5 Primary and Secondary IDE Master/Slave; Third .......
		and Fourth IDE Master .........................................	4-11
	4.3.6	IDE Configuration ................................................	4-12
	4.3.7	System Information ..............................................	4-14
4.4	Advanced menu ...............................................................		4-15
	4.4.1	JumperFree Configuration ...................................	4-15
	4.4.2	CPU Configuration ...............................................	4-18
	4.4.3	Chipset .................................................................	4-18
	4.4.4	Onboard Devices Configuration ...........................	4-20
	4.4.5	PCI PnP ...............................................................	4-22
	4.4.6	USB Configuration ...............................................	4-23
	4.4.7	Speech Configuration ..........................................	4-25
	4.4.8	Instant Music Configuration .................................	4-26
4.5	Power menu .....................................................................		4-27
	4.5.1	Suspend Mode [Auto] ..........................................	4-27
	4.5.2 Repost Video on S3 Resume [No] .......................		4-27
	4.5.3 ACPI 2.0 Support [No] .........................................		4-27
	4.5.4	ACPI APIC Support [Enabled] .............................	4-27
	4.5.5	BIOS -> AML ACPI Table [Enabled] .....................	4-27

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