Contents

2.6

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

2-18

2.7

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

2-20

 

2.7.1

Rear panel connectors .........................................

2-20

 

2.7.2

Internal connectors ..............................................

2-21

Chapter 3: Powering up

3.1

Starting up for the first time ................................................

3-1

3.2

BIOS beep codes ...............................................................

3-1

3.3

ASUS POST Reporter™ ....................................................

3-2

 

3.3.1

Vocal POST messages ..........................................

3-2

 

3.3.2

Winbond Voice Editor ............................................

3-4

3.4

Powering off the computer .................................................

3-7

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 Updating BIOS using the AwardBIOS Flash Utility ..

4-2

 

4.1.3 Recovering the BIOS with CrashFree BIOS 2 .......

4-4

 

4.1.4

ASUS Update ........................................................

4-6

4.2

BIOS Setup program ..........................................................

4-8

 

4.2.1

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

4-9

 

4.2.2

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

4-9

 

4.2.3

Legend bar ...........................................................

4-10

 

4.2.4

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

4-10

 

4.2.5

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

4-10

 

4.2.6

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

4-10

4.3

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

4-11

4.4

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

4-16

 

4.4.1

Frequency/Voltage Control ..................................

4-17

 

4.4.2

Chip Configuration ...............................................

4-18

 

4.4.3

I/O Device Configuration ......................................

4-21

 

4.4.4

PCI Configuration ................................................

4-23

 

4.4.5

Instant Music ........................................................

4-25

4.5

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

4-26

 

4.5.1

Power Up Control ................................................

4-27

 

4.5.2

Hardware Monitor ................................................

4-28

4.6

Boot menu ........................................................................

4-29

4.7

Exit menu .........................................................................

4-31

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