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Chapter 2: BIOS Information
Chapter Contents
Chapter 2 - BIOS Information .................................. 2-1
2.1 Managing and updating your BIOS ............. 2-3
2.1.1 Using ASUS EZ Flash to Update the BIOS.. 2-3
2.1.1 Using ASUS AFLASH to update the BIOS... 2-5
Updating BIOS procedures........................... 2-7
2.2 BIOS Setup Program .................................... 2-9
2.2.1 BIOS menu bar ............................................ 2-10
2.2.2 Legend bar ................................................... 2-10
2.3 Main Menu ..................................................... 2-12
2.3.1 Primary and Secondary Master/Slave.......... 2-14
2.3.2 Keyboard Features ...................................... 2-18
2.4 Advanced Menu ............................................ 2-19
2.4.1 Chip Configuration ....................................... 2-21
2.4.2 I/O Device Configuration .............................. 2-24
2.4.3 PCI Configuration ......................................... 2-26
2.4.3.1 PCI IRQ Resource Exclusion ........... 2-27
2.5 Power Menu ................................................... 2-28
2.5.1 Power-up Control ......................................... 2-30
2.5.2 Hardware Monitor ........................................ 2-32
2.6 Boot Menu ..................................................... 2-33
2.7 Exit Menu ....................................................... 2-35