Contents

 

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 CrashFree BIOS 2 utility ................................

2-6

 

2.1.5

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

2-8

2.2

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

2-11

 

2.2.2

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

2-12

 

2.2.3

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

2-12

 

2.2.1

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

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 [xx:xx:xxxx].....................................

2-14

 

2.3.2

System Date [Day xx/xx/xxxx] ............................

2-14

 

2.3.3

Legacy Diskette A [1.44M, 3.5 in.]......................

2-14

 

2.3.4

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

2-15

 

2.3.5

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

2-16

 

2.4.1

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

2-17

2.4

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

2-17

 

2.4.2

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

2-18

 

2.4.3

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

2-19

 

2.4.3

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

2-20

 

2.4.4

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

2-23

 

2.4.5

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

2-25

2.5

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

2-26

 

2.5.1

Suspend Mode [Auto] ..........................................

2-26

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