Asus P5KPL-VM - Motherboard - Micro ATX, User Manual

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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