Contents

1.10 Connectors .........................................................................

1-26

1.10.1

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

1-26

1.10.2

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

1-28

Chapter 2: BIOS setup

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

2-2

 

2.1.1

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

2-2

 

2.1.2 Creating a bootable floppy disk ..............................

2-5

 

2.1.3 ASUS EZ Flash utility ..............................................

2-6

 

2.1.4

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

2-7

 

2.1.5 ASUS CrashFree BIOS 2 utility ................................

2-9

2.2

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

2-11

 

2.2.1

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

2-12

 

2.2.2

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

2-12

 

2.2.3

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

2-13

 

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

2-14

 

2.2.8

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

2-14

2.3

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

2-15

 

2.3.1

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

2-15

 

2.3.2

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

2-15

 

2.3.3

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

2-15

 

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

2-16

 

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

2-18

 

2.3.6

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

2-19

 

2.3.7

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

2-19

 

2.3.8

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

2-19

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