Asus P4V8X-MX - Manual (Page 4)

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Contents
2.1.4 Using ASUS EZ Flash to update the BIOS ..................... 2-5
2.1.5 ASUS CrashFree BIOS 2 utility ...................................... 2-6
2.2 BIOS Setup Program ..................................................................... 2-8
2.2.1 BIOS menu screen .......................................................... 2-9
2.2.2 Menu bar ......................................................................... 2-9
2.2.3 Navigation keys ............................................................... 2-9
2.2.4 Menu items ................................................................... 2-10
2.2.5 Sub-menu items ............................................................ 2-10
2.2.6 Configuration fields ....................................................... 2-10
2.2.7 Pop-up window ............................................................. 2-10
2.2.8 Scroll bar ....................................................................... 2-10
2.2.9 General help ................................................................. 2-10
2.3 Main Menu ....................................................................................2-11
2.4 Advanced Menu ........................................................................... 2-15
2.4.1 CPU Configuration ........................................................ 2-15
2.4.2 USB Configuration ........................................................ 2-17
2.4.3 Chipset .......................................................................... 2-18
2.4.4 Onboard Devices Configuration .................................... 2-21
2.4.5 PCIPnP ......................................................................... 2-22
2.5 Power Menu ................................................................................. 2-23
2.5.1 APM Configuration ........................................................ 2-24
2.5.2 Hardware Monitor ......................................................... 2-25
2.6 Boot Menu .................................................................................... 2-26
2.6.1 Boot Device Priority ...................................................... 2-27
2.6.2 Boot Settings Configuration .......................................... 2-27
2.6.3 Security ......................................................................... 2-28
2.7 Exit Menu ..................................................................................... 2-29
Chapter 3: Software Support
3.1 Installing An Operating System ...................................................... 3-2
3.2 Support CD Information ................................................................. 3-2
3.2.1 Running the support CD ................................................. 3-2
3.2.2 Drivers menu ................................................................... 3-3
3.2.3 Utilities menu .................................................................. 3-3
3.2.4 Manual menu .................................................................. 3-4
3.2.5 Contacts menu ................................................................ 3-5
3.3 VIA RAID configurations ................................................................. 3-6
3.3.1 Installing hard disks ........................................................ 3-6
3.3.2 VIA RAID Configuration .................................................. 3-7
3.4 Creating a RAID driver disk .......................................................... 3-10