Asus M3N78-AM User Manual
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Contents
Chapter 2:
Managing and updating your BIOS ............................................ 2-2
2.1.1
Creating a bootable floppy disk ....................................... 2-2
ASUS EZ Flash 2 utility ................................................... 2-3
AFUDOS utility ................................................................ 2-4
ASUS CrashFree BIOS 3 utility ...................................... 2-7
ASUS Update utility ........................................................ 2-9
BIOS setup program .................................................................. 2-12
2.2.1
BIOS menu screen ........................................................ 2-13
Menu bar ....................................................................... 2-13
Navigation keys ............................................................. 2-14
Menu items ................................................................... 2-14
Sub-menu items ............................................................ 2-14
Configuration fields ....................................................... 2-14
Pop-up window ............................................................. 2-14
Scroll bar ....................................................................... 2-14
General help ................................................................. 2-15
System Time ................................................................. 2-15
System Date ................................................................. 2-15
Legacy Diskette A ......................................................... 2-15
Primary IDE Master/Slave, SATA1~4 ............................ 2-16
Storage Configuration ................................................... 2-18
System Information ....................................................... 2-19
Advanced menu ......................................................................... 2-20
2.4.1
JumperFree Configuration ............................................ 2-20
CPU Configuration ........................................................ 2-25
Chipset .......................................................................... 2-26
Onboard Devices Configuration .................................... 2-30
PCI PnP ........................................................................ 2-30
USB Configuration ........................................................ 2-32
Suspend Mode .............................................................. 2-33
2.0 Support ......................................................... 2-33
ACPI APIC Support ....................................................... 2-33