Table of contents

Chapter 5: BIOS setup

5.1

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

5-2

 

5.1.1 ASUS EZ Flash utility ...........................................

5-2

 

5.1.2 Recovering the BIOS with CrashFree BIOS 2 .....

5-3

 

5.1.3

ASUS Update .......................................................

5-5

5.2

BIOS Setup program ..........................................................

5-7

 

5.2.1

BIOS menu bar ....................................................

5-8

 

5.2.2

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

5-8

5.3

Main Menu ........................................................................

5-10

 

5.3.1

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

5-10

 

5.3.2

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

5-10

 

5.3.3 Primary IDE Master/Slave; First SATA Master ....

5-11

 

5.3.4

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

5-12

 

5.3.5

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

5-12

 

5.3.6

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

5-12

5.4

Advanced Menu ...............................................................

5-13

 

5.4.1

CPU configuration ..............................................

5-13

 

5.4.2

Chipset configuration .........................................

5-14

 

5.4.3

PCIPnP ..............................................................

5-15

 

5.4.4

Onboard device configuration ...........................

5-16

 

5.4.5

USB configuration .............................................

5-18

5.5

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

5-19

 

5.5.1

APM configuration ..............................................

5-20

 

5.5.2

Hardware Monitor ...............................................

5-22

5.6Boot menu5-23

5.6.1

Boot device priority .............................................

5-23

5.6.2

Removable drives ..............................................

5-24

5.6.3

Hard disk drives .................................................

5-24

5.6.4

CD-ROM drives ..................................................

5-25

5.6.5

Boot Settings Configuration ...............................

5-26

5.6.6

Security ..............................................................

5-27

5.7 Exit menu .........................................................................

5-29

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