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

2-3

 

2.1.3

Using the AFLASH utility ........................................

2-4

 

2.1.4 Recovering the BIOS with CrashFree BIOS ..........

2-6

 

2.1.5

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

2-7

2.2

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

2-9

 

2.2.1

BIOS menu bar ......................................................

2-9

 

2.2.2

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

2-10

2.3

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

2-11

 

2.3.1 Primary and Secondary Master/Slave .................

2-13

 

2.3.2

Keyboard Features ..............................................

2-15

2.4

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

2-16

 

2.4.1

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

2-18

 

2.4.2

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

2-20

 

2.4.3

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

2-21

2.5

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

2-23

 

2.5.1

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

2-24

 

2.5.2

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

2-25

2.6

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

2-26

2.7

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

2-28

Chapter 3: Software support

3.1

Install an operating system .................................................

3-2

3.2

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

3-2

 

3.2.1

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

3-2

 

3.2.2

Installation items ....................................................

3-3

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