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Table of contents
Chapter 4:
BIOS setup
4.1
Managing and updating your BIOS ............................................ 4-2
4.1.1
ASUS Update ..................................................................
4-
3
4.1.2
ASUS EZ Flash 2
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4-
4
4.1.3
ASUS CrashFree BIOS 3 ................................................
4-
5
4.2
BIOS setup program .................................................................... 4-6
4.2.1
BIOS menu screen
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4-7
4.2.2
Menu bar
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4-7
4.2.3
Navigation keys
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4-7
4.2.4
Menu items
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4-
8
4.2.5
Submenu items
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4-
8
4.2.6
Configuration fields
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4-
8
4.2.7
Pop-up window
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4-
8
4.2.8
Scroll bar
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4-
8
4.2.9
General help
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4-
8
4.3
Main menu .................................................................................... 4-9
4.3.1
System Time [xx:xx:xx] ...................................................
4-9
4.3.2
System Date [Day xx/xx/xxxx]
.........................................
4-9
4.3.3
SATA1~4 .......................................................................
4-10
4.3.4
Storage Configuration
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4-1
1
4.3.5
System Information .......................................................
4-12
4.4
Advanced menu ......................................................................... 4-13
4.4.1
CPU Configuration
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4-1
3
4.4.2
Chipset
..........................................................................
4-16
4.4.3
Onboard Devices Configuration
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4-17
4.4.4
USB Configuration
........................................................
4-1
8
4.4.5
PCI PnP ........................................................................
4-19
4.4.6
Intel VT-d Configuration
................................................
4-20
4.5
Power menu ................................................................................ 4-20
4.5.1
Suspend Mode [Auto] ...................................................
4-20
4.5.2
ACPI 2.0 Support [Disabled]
.........................................
4-20
4.5.3
ACPI APIC Support [Enabled] .......................................
4-2
1
4.5.4
APM Configuration
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4-2
1
4.5.5
Hardware Monitor .........................................................
4-22