Contents

Chapter 2: BIOS Information

2.1 Managing and updating your BIOS ....................................

2-2

 

2.1.1 Creating a bootable floppy disk .............................

2-2

 

2.1.2 Using AFUDOS to copy the current BIOS .............

2-3

 

2.1.3 Using AFUDOS to update the BIOS ......................

2-4

 

2.1.4 Using ASUS EZ Flash to update the BIOS ............

2-5

 

2.1.5 ASUS CrashFree BIOS 2 utility .............................

2-6

 

2.1.6

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

2-8

2.2

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

2-11

 

2.2.1

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

2-12

 

2.2.2

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

2-12

 

2.2.3

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

2-12

 

2.2.4

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

2-13

 

2.2.5

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

2-13

 

2.2.6

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

2-13

 

2.2.7

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

2-13

 

2.2.8

Scroll bar ..............................................................

2-13

 

2.2.9

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

2-13

2.3

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

2-14

 

2.3.1

System Time ........................................................

2-14

 

2.3.2

System Date ........................................................

2-14

 

2.3.3

Legacy Diskette A ................................................

2-14

 

2.3.4 Primary and Secondary IDE Master/Slave ..........

2-15

 

2.3.5

OnChip SATA Controller ......................................

2-16

 

2.3.6

System Information ..............................................

2-16

2.4

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

2-17

 

2.4.1

JumperFree Configuration ...................................

2-17

 

2.4.2

CPU Configuration ...............................................

2-18

 

2.4.3

Chipset .................................................................

2-19

 

2.4.4

Onboard Devices Configuration ...........................

2-21

 

2.4.5

PCI PnP ...............................................................

2-22

 

2.4.6

USB Configuration ...............................................

2-23

2.5

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

2-24

 

2.5.1

Suspend Mode .....................................................

2-24

 

2.5.2

ACPI 2.0 Support .................................................

2-24

 

2.5.3

ACPI APIC Support ..............................................

2-24

 

2.5.4

APM Configuration ...............................................

2-25

 

2.5.5

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

2-26

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