Asus A8N-VM CSM/NBP 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

ASUS EZ Flash utility .............................................. 2-3

2.1.3

AFUDOS utility ........................................................ 2-4

2.1.4

ASUS Update utility ................................................ 2-6

2.2

BIOS setup program ............................................................. 2-8
2.2.1

BIOS menu screen ................................................... 2-9

2.2.2

Menu bar ................................................................. 2-9

2.2.3

Navigation keys ...................................................... 2-9

2.2.4

Menu items ........................................................... 2-10

2.2.5

Sub-menu items ................................................... 2-10

2.2.6

Configuration fields .............................................. 2-10

2.2.7

Pop-up window ..................................................... 2-10

2.2.8

Scroll bar .............................................................. 2-10

2.2.9

General help .......................................................... 2-10

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

Primary and Secondary IDE Master/Slave;
First, Second, Third, and Fourth SATA ................. 2-12

2.3.5

IDE Configuration .................................................. 2-13

2.3.6

System Information .............................................. 2-14

2.4

Advanced menu .................................................................. 2-15
2.4.1

AMD Cool ‘n’ Quiet Configuration ......................... 2-15

2.4.2

CPU Configuration ................................................. 2-16

2.4.3

Chipset ................................................................. 2-16

2.4.4

Onboard Devices Configuration ............................ 2-22

2.4.5

PCI PnP ................................................................. 2-23

2.4.6

USB Configuration ................................................. 2-24

2.4.7

Trusted Computing ............................................... 2-25