Table of contents

Chapter 3: Starti ng up

3.1

Installing an operating system..............................................

3-2

3.2

Powering up...........................................................................

3-2

3.3

Support CD information.........................................................

3-2

 

3.3.1 Running the support CD..........................................

3-3

 

3.3.2

Drivers menu...........................................................

3-4

 

3.3.3

Utilities menu...........................................................

3-5

 

3.3.4

Make Disk menu.......................................................

3-6

 

3.3.5

ASUS contact information.......................................

3-7

Chapter 4: Motherboard I nfo

4.1

Introduction...........................................................................

4-2

4.2

Motherboard layout...............................................................

4-2

4.3

Jumpers.................................................................................

4-3

4.4

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

4-5

Chapter 5: BI OS I nformati on

5.1 Managing and updating your BIOS.........................................

5-2

 

5.1.1 ASUS CrashFree BIOS 2 utility.................................

5-2

 

5.1.2

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

5-3

5.2

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

5-6

 

5.2.1

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

5-7

 

5.2.2

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

5-7

 

5.2.3

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

5-7

 

5.2.4

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

5-8

 

5.2.5

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

5-8

 

5.2.6

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

5-8

 

5.2.7

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

5-8

 

5.2.8

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

5-8

 

5.2.9

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

5-8

5.3

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

5-9

 

5.3.1

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

5-9

 

5.3.2

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

5-9

 

5.3.3

Primary IDE Master/Slave......................................

5-10

 

5.3.4 Serial-ATA 1, Serial-ATA 2, Serial-ATA 3..............

5-11

 

5.3.5

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

5-13

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