Asus M3N78-EH 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
AFUDOS utility ................................................................ 2-3
2.1.3
ASUS CrashFree BIOS 3 utility ...................................... 2-6
2.1.4
ASUS EZ Flash 2 utility ................................................... 2-8
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 ............................................................. 2-14
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
General help ................................................................. 2-14
2.2.8
Pop-up window ............................................................. 2-15
2.3
Main menu .................................................................................. 2-16
2.3.1
System Time ................................................................. 2-16
2.3.2
System Date ................................................................. 2-16
2.3.3
Legacy Diskette A ......................................................... 2-16
2.3.4
Primary IDE Master/Slave ............................................. 2-17
2.3.5
SATA 1-6 ....................................................................... 2-18
2.3.6
IDE Configuration .......................................................... 2-19
2.3.7
System Information ....................................................... 2-20
2.4
Advanced menu ......................................................................... 2-21
2.4.1
JumperFree Configuration ............................................ 2-21
2.4.2
CPU Configuration ........................................................ 2-23
2.4.3
Chipset .......................................................................... 2-24
2.4.4
Onboard Devices Configuration .................................... 2-28
2.4.5
PCI PnP ........................................................................ 2-29
2.4.6
USB Configuration ........................................................ 2-30
2.5
Power menu ................................................................................ 2-31
2.5.1
Suspend Mode .............................................................. 2-31
2.5.2
ACPI
2.0 Support ......................................................... 2-31
2.5.4
APM Configuration ........................................................ 2-32