Contents

1.9

Jumpers

...............................................................................

1-21

1.10

Connectors..........................................................................

1-23

 

1.10.1

Rear panel connectors...........................................

1-23

 

1.10.2

Internal connectors................................................

1-24

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 Update utility.................................................

2-6

2.2

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

2-9

 

2.2.1

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

2-10

 

2.2.2

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

2-10

 

2.2.3

Navigation keys.....................................................

2-10

 

2.2.4

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

2-11

 

2.2.5

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

2-11

 

2.2.6

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

2-11

 

2.2.7

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

2-11

 

2.2.8

Scroll bar...............................................................

2-11

 

2.2.9

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

2-11

2.3

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

2-12

 

2.3.1

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

2-12

 

2.3.2

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

2-12

 

2.3.3 Legacy Diskette A, B ............................................

2-12

 

2.3.4 Primary, Third and Fourth IDE Master/Slave..........

2-13

 

2.3.5

IDE Configuration...................................................

2-14

 

2.3.6

System Information...............................................

2-15

2.4

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

2-16

 

2.4.1

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

2-16

 

2.4.2

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

2-18

 

2.4.3

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

2-20

 

2.4.4

PCI PnP...................................................................

2-21

 

2.4.5

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

2-22

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