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

Updating the BIOS...................................................

2-3

 

2.1.3 Saving the current BIOS file.....................................

2-5

 

2.1.4 ASUS CrashFree BIOS 2 utility.................................

2-6

 

2.1.5 ASUS EZ Flash utility................................................

2-8

 

2.1.6

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

2-9

2.2

BIOS setup program............................................................

2-12

 

2.2.1

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

2-13

 

2.2.2

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

2-13

 

2.2.3

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

2-14

 

2.2.4

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

2-14

 

2.2.5

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

2-14

 

2.2.6

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

2-14

 

2.2.7

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

2-15

 

2.2.8

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

2-15

2.3

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

2-16

 

2.3.1

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

2-16

 

2.3.2

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

2-16

 

2.3.3

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

2-16

 

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

2-17

 

2.3.5 First, Second, Third, Fourth SATA Master.............

2-19

 

2.3.6

HDD SMART Monitoring.........................................

2-20

 

2.3.7

Installed Memory...................................................

2-20

 

2.3.8

Usable Memory......................................................

2-20

2.4

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

2-21

 

2.4.1

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

2-21

 

2.4.2

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

2-26

 

2.4.3

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

2-28

 

2.4.4

PCIPnP....................................................................

2-30

 

2.4.5

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

2-30

 

2.4.6

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

2-34

2.5

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

2-35

 

2.5.1

ACPI Suspend Type .............................................

2-35

 

2.5.2

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

2-35

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