Asus P5GV-MX - page 4

Contents

Chapter 2: BIOS setup

2.1 Managing and updating your BIOS ........................................2-2

2.1.1 Creating a bootable ﬂoppy disk .............................. 2-2

2.1.2 ASUS EZ Flash utility ............................................... 2-3

2.1.3 AFUDOS utility ........................................................ 2-4

2.1.4 ASUS CrashFree BIOS 2 utility ................................ 2-6

2.1.5 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, Third and Fourth IDE Master/Slave ......... 2-15

2.3.5 IDE Conﬁguration .................................................. 2-17

2.3.6 System Information .............................................. 2-18

2.4 Advanced menu ..................................................................2-19

2.4.1 JumperFree Conﬁguration .....................................2-19

2.4.2 USB Conﬁguration ................................................. 2-21

2.4.3 CPU Conﬁguration ................................................. 2-22

2.4.4 Chipset ..................................................................2-23

2.4.5 Onboard Devices Conﬁguration .............................2-25

2.4.6 PCI PnP ..................................................................2-26

2.5 Power menu ........................................................................2-27

2.5.1 Suspend Mode .......................................................2-27

2.5.2 Repost Video on S3 Resume ................................2-27

2.5.3 ACPI 2.0 Support ................................................. 2-27