Contents

Chapter 2: BIOS Information

2.1 Managing and updating your BIOS......................................

2-2

 

2.1.1 Creating a bootable floppy disk................................

2-2

 

2.1.2 Using AFUDOS to copy the current BIOS................

2-2

 

2.1.3 Using AFUDOS to update the BIOS........................

2-3

 

2.1.4 Recovering the BIOS with CrashFree BIOS 2.........

2-5

 

2.1.5 Using ASUS EZ Flash to update the BIOS..............

2-7

2.2

BIOS Setup program............................................................

2-8

 

2.2.1

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

2-9

 

2.2.2

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

2-9

 

2.2.3

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

2-9

 

2.2.4

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

2-10

 

2.2.5

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

2-10

 

2.2.6

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

2-10

 

2.2.7

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

2-10

 

2.2.8

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

2-10

 

2.2.9

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

2-10

2.3

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

2-11

 

2.3.1

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

2-11

 

2.3.2

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

2-11

 

2.3.3

Legacy Diskette A/B...............................................

2-11

 

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

2-12

 

2.3.5

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

2-13

 

2.3.6

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

2-14

2.4

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

2-15

 

2.4.1

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

2-15

 

2.4.2

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

2-16

 

2.4.3

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

2-23

 

2.4.4

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

2-24

2.5

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

2-25

 

2.5.1

ACPI 2.0 Support...................................................

2-25

 

2.5.2

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

2-25

 

2.5.3

APM Configuration.................................................

2-26

 

2.5.4

Hardware Monitor..................................................

2-28

2.6

Boot menu..........................................................................

2-29

 

2.6.1

Boot Device Priority...............................................

2-30

 

2.6.2

Boot Settings Configuration...................................

2-31

 

2.6.3

Security..................................................................

2-32

2.7

Exit menu...........................................................................

2-33

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