Contents

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 2 utility...................................................

2-3

 

2.1.3

AFUDOS utility................................................................

2-4

 

2.1.4

ASUS CrashFree BIOS 3 utility.......................................

2-6

 

2.1.5

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

2-8

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

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

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

2-14

 

2.3.2

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

2-14

 

2.3.3

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

2-14

 

2.3.4

Primary, Third, and Fourth IDE Master/Slave........................

2-15

 

2.3.5

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

2-16

 

2.3.6

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

2-17

2.4

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

2-18

 

2.4.1

Jumperfree Configuration..............................................

2-18

 

2.4.2

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

2-19

 

2.4.3

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

2-21

 

2.4.4

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

2-23

 

2.4.5

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

2-25

 

2.4.6

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

2-26

2.5

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

2-27

 

2.5.1

Suspend Mode..............................................................

2-27

 

2.5.2

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

2-27

 

2.5.3

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

2-27

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