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Asus P5SD2-A 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 ................................................... 2-4

2.1.3

AFUDOS utility ................................................................ 2-5

2.1.4

ASUS CrashFree BIOS 3 utility ...................................... 2-7

2.1.5

ASUS Update utility ........................................................ 2-9

2.2

BIOS setup program .................................................................. 2-12
2.2.1

BIOS menu screen ........................................................ 2-13

2.2.2

Menu bar ....................................................................... 2-13

2.2.3

Navigation keys ............................................................. 2-13

2.2.4

Menu items ................................................................... 2-14

2.2.5

Sub-menu items ............................................................ 2-14

2.2.6

Configuration fields ....................................................... 2-14

2.2.7

Pop-up window ............................................................. 2-14

2.2.8

Scroll bar ....................................................................... 2-14

2.2.9

General help ................................................................. 2-14

2.3

Main menu .................................................................................. 2-15
2.3.1

System Time [xx:xx:xx] ................................................. 2-15

2.3.2

System Date [Day xx/xx/xxxx] ....................................... 2-15

2.3.3

Legacy Diskette A [1.44M, 3.5 in.] ................................. 2-15

2.3.4

Primary and SATA IDE Master/Slave ............................ 2-16

2.3.5

IDE Configuration .......................................................... 2-17

2.3.6

System Information ....................................................... 2-18

2.4

Advanced menu ......................................................................... 2-19
2.4.1

Jumperfree Configuration ............................................. 2-19

2.4.2

USB Configuration ........................................................ 2-20

2.4.3

CPU Configuration ........................................................ 2-21

2.4.4

Chipset .......................................................................... 2-23

2.4.4

Onboard Devices Configuration .................................... 2-25

2.4.6

PCI PnP ........................................................................ 2-26

2.5

Power menu ................................................................................ 2-27
2.5.1

Suspend Mode [Auto] ................................................... 2-27

2.5.2

ACPI 2.0 Support [Disabled] ......................................... 2-27