Asus P5N73-CM User Manual
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Contents
1.11. Software.support......................................................................... 1-29
Managing.and.updating.your.BIOS............................................. 2-1
2.1.1
ASUS Update utility ........................................................ 2-1
Creating a bootable floppy disk ....................................... 2-2
ASUS EZ Flash 2 utility ................................................... 2-3
Updating the BIOS .......................................................... 2-4
Saving the current BIOS file ............................................ 2-5
ASUS CrashFree BIOS 2 utility ...................................... 2-6
BIOS.setup.program..................................................................... 2-8
2.2.1
BIOS menu screen .......................................................... 2-9
Menu bar ......................................................................... 2-9
Navigation keys ............................................................... 2-9
Menu items ................................................................... 2-10
Sub-menu items ............................................................ 2-10
Configuration fields ....................................................... 2-10
Pop-up window ............................................................. 2-10
Scroll bar ....................................................................... 2-10
General help ................................................................. 2-10
System Time ..................................................................2-11
System Date ..................................................................2-11
Legacy Diskette A ..........................................................2-11
Primary IDE Master/Slave ..............................................2-11
SATA 1-4 ....................................................................... 2-12
HDD SMART Monitoring ............................................... 2-13
Installed Memory ........................................................... 2-13
Usable Memory ............................................................. 2-13
Advanced.menu.......................................................................... 2-14
2.4.1
JumperFree ................................................................... 2-14
AI NET 2........................................................................ 2-15
CPU Configuration ........................................................ 2-15
Chipset .......................................................................... 2-16