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

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

3-4

 

3.3.3

Make disk ................................................................

3-5

 

3.3.4

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

3-5

3.4

Software information............................................................

3-6

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 setup

5.1

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

5-2

 

5.1.1 Creating a bootable floppy disk ..............................

5-2

 

5.1.2 ASUS EZ Flash utility...............................................

5-3

 

5.1.3 Award BIOS Flash Uuility .........................................

5-3

 

5.1.4 Saving the current BIOS file ....................................

5-5

 

5.1.5 ASUS CrashFree BIOS 2 utility ................................

5-6

5.2

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

5-7

5.3

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

5-8

5.4

Standard BIOS features ......................................................

5-10

5.5

Advanced BIOS features .....................................................

5-14

5.6

Integrated peripherals.........................................................

5-16

5.7

Power management setup ..................................................

5-20

5.8

PC health status .................................................................

5-22

5.9

Other items.........................................................................

5-23

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