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Contents
1.11 Software support ........................................................................ 1-29
Managing and updating your BIOS ............................................ 2-1
ASUS Update .................................................................. 2-1
ASUS EZ Flash 2 ............................................................ 2-2
ASUS CrashFree BIOS 3 ................................................ 2-3
BIOS setup program .................................................................... 2-4
BIOS menu screen .......................................................... 2-5
Menu bar ......................................................................... 2-5
Navigation keys ............................................................... 2-5
Menu items ..................................................................... 2-6
Submenu items ............................................................... 2-6
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Pop-up window ............................................................... 2-6
Scroll bar ......................................................................... 2-6
General help ................................................................... 2-6
Main menu .................................................................................... 2-7
System Time ................................................................... 2-7
System Date ................................................................... 2-7
Primary IDE Master/Slave, SATA 1/2/3/4/5/6 .................. 2-8
System Information ......................................................... 2-9
Advanced menu ........................................................................... 2-9
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........................................................ 2-12
Chipset .......................................................................... 2-13
2.4.4 Onboard Device Configuration
...................................... 2-15
PCIPnP ......................................................................... 2-15
........................................................ 2-16
Power menu ................................................................................ 2-17
Suspend Mode [Auto] ................................................... 2-17
ACPI 2.0 Support [Enabled] .......................................... 2-17
ACPI APIC Support [Enabled] ....................................... 2-17
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