Asus P5AD2-E Chapter 3: BIOS setup

Contents

Chapter 3: BIOS setup

3.1 Managing and updating your BIOS ........................................			3-1
	3.1.1 Creating a bootable floppy disk ..............................		3-1
	3.1.2	AFUDOS utility ........................................................	3-2
	3.1.3 ASUS CrashFree BIOS 2 utility ................................		3-5
	3.1.4 ASUS EZ Flash utility ..............................................		3-7
	3.1.5	ASUS Update utility ................................................	3-8
3.2	BIOS setup program ...........................................................		3-11
	3.2.1	BIOS menu screen.................................................	3-12
	3.2.2	Menu bar ...............................................................	3-12
	3.2.3	Navigation keys ....................................................	3-12
	3.2.4	Menu items ...........................................................	3-13
	3.2.5	Sub-menu items ...................................................	3-13
	3.2.6	Configuration fields ..............................................	3-13
	3.2.7	Pop-up window .....................................................	3-13
	3.2.8	Scroll bar ..............................................................	3-13
	3.2.9	General help ..........................................................	3-13
3.3	Main menu ..........................................................................		3-14
	3.3.1	System Time.........................................................	3-14
	3.3.2	System Date .........................................................	3-14
	3.3.3	Legacy Diskette A ................................................	3-14
	3.3.4 Primary, Third and Fourth IDE Master/Slave .........		3-15
	3.3.5	IDE Configuration ..................................................	3-16
	3.3.6	System Information ..............................................	3-18
3.4	Advanced menu ..................................................................		3-19
	3.4.1	JumperFree Configuration ....................................	3-19
	3.4.2	LAN Cable Status .................................................	3-23
	3.4.3	USB Configuration.................................................	3-24
	3.4.4	CPU Configuration.................................................	3-25
	3.4.5	Chipset .................................................................	3-27

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