Asus P5MT-M Chapter 4: BIOS setup, Chapter 3: Powering up

Contents

Chapter 3: Powering up

3.1	Starting up for the first time................................................		3-1
3.2	Turning off the computer .....................................................		3-2
	3.2.1	Using the OS shut down function ...........................	3-2
	3.2.2	Using the dual function power switch ....................	3-2

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 ASUS EZ Flash utility ..............................................		4-2
	4.1.3	AFUDOS utility ........................................................	4-3
	4.1.4 ASUS CrashFree BIOS 2 utility ................................		4-6
	4.1.5	ASUS Update utility ................................................	4-8
4.2	BIOS setup program ...........................................................		4-11
	4.2.1	BIOS menu screen.................................................	4-12
	4.2.2	Menu bar ...............................................................	4-12
	4.2.3	Navigation keys ....................................................	4-12
	4.2.4	Menu items ...........................................................	4-13
	4.2.5	Sub-menu items ...................................................	4-13
	4.2.6	Configuration fields ..............................................	4-13
	4.2.7	Pop-up window .....................................................	4-13
	4.2.8	Scroll bar ..............................................................	4-13
	4.2.9	General help ..........................................................	4-13
4.3	Main menu ..........................................................................		4-14
	4.3.1	System Time.........................................................	4-14
	4.3.2	System Date .........................................................	4-14
	4.3.3	Legacy Diskette A ................................................	4-14
	4.3.4 Primary, Third, and Fourth IDE Master/Slave ........		4-15
	4.3.5	IDE Configuration ..................................................	4-16
	4.3.6	System Information ..............................................	4-18
4.4	Advanced menu ..................................................................		4-19
	4.4.1	USB Configuration.................................................	4-19
	4.4.2	MPS Configuration ................................................	4-20
	4.4.3	Remote Access Configuration ..............................	4-21
	4.4.4	CPU Configuration.................................................	4-22
	4.4.5	Chipset .................................................................	4-23
	4.4.6	Onboard Devices Configuration ............................	4-25
	4.4.7	PCI PnP .................................................................	4-26

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