Asus A8N-SLI 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

AwardBIOS Flash Utility .......................................... 2-3

2.1.3

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

2.2

BIOS Setup program ............................................................. 2-8
2.2.1

BIOS menu bar ........................................................ 2-9

2.2.2

Legend bar ............................................................. 2-9

2.3

Main Menu ........................................................................... 2-11

2.3.1

System Time ......................................................... 2-11

2.3.2

System Date ......................................................... 2-11

2.3.3

Legacy Diskette A ................................................ 2-11

2.3.4

Installed Memory .................................................. 2-11

2.3.5

Primary and Secondary IDE Master/Slave ............. 2-12

2.3.6

First, Second, Third, and Fourth SATA Master ..... 2-14

2.3.7

Installed Memory .................................................. 2-15

2.4

Advanced Menu .................................................................. 2-16

2.4.1

CPU configuration ................................................. 2-17

2.4.2

Chipset configuration ........................................... 2-18

2.4.3

PCIPnP ................................................................... 2-20

2.4.4

Onboard device configuration ............................. 2-22

2.5

Power Menu ........................................................................ 2-26
2.5.1

APM configuration ................................................ 2-27

2.5.2

Hardware monitor ................................................. 2-29

2.6

Boot Menu .......................................................................... 2-30

2.6.1

Boot Device Priority .............................................. 2-31

2.6.2

Hard Disk Drives ................................................... 2-31

2.6.3

Boot settings configuration .................................. 2-32

2.6.4

Security ................................................................ 2-34

2.7

Exit menu ........................................................................... 2-35