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Asus P4RD1-MX 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 2 utility ................................ 2-6
2.1.4 ASUS EZ Flash 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 ..................................................... 2-13
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 ......................................................... 2-15
2.3.2 System Date ......................................................... 2-15
2.3.3 Legacy Diskette A ............................................... 2-15
2.3.4 Primary, Third and Fourth IDE Master/Slave ......... 2-16
2.3.5 System Information .............................................. 2-17

2.4 Advanced menu .................................................................. 2-18

2.4.1 USB Configuration ................................................. 2-18
2.4.2 JumperFree Configuration ..................................... 2-19
2.4.3 CPU Configuration ................................................. 2-21
2.4.4 Chipset .................................................................. 2-22
2.4.5 Onboard Devices Configuration ............................. 2-25
2.4.6 PCI PnP .................................................................. 2-26

2.5 Power menu ........................................................................ 2-28

2.5.1 Suspend Mode ....................................................... 2-28
2.5.2 Repost Video on S3 Resume ................................ 2-28
2.5.3 ACPI 2.0 Support ................................................. 2-28