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Asus M2NPV-VM User Manual

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Contents

Chapter 2: BIOS setup

2.1

Managing and updating your BIOS............................................. 2-2
2.1.1

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

2.1.2

Creating a bootable floppy disk ....................................... 2-5

2.1.3

ASUS EZ Flash 2 utility ................................................... 2-6

2.1.4

Updating the BIOS .......................................................... 2-7

2.1.5

Saving the current BIOS file ............................................ 2-9

2.1.6

ASUS CrashFree BIOS 2 utility .................................... 2-10

2.2

BIOS setup program................................................................... 2-11
2.2.1

BIOS menu screen ........................................................ 2-12

2.2.2

Menu bar ....................................................................... 2-12

2.2.3

Legend bar .................................................................... 2-13

2.2.4

Menu items ................................................................... 2-13

2.2.5

Sub-menu items ............................................................ 2-13

2.2.6

Configuration fields ....................................................... 2-13

2.2.7

Pop-up window ............................................................. 2-14

2.2.8

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 and Secondary IDE Master/Slave ................... 2-16

2.3.5

SATA 1-4 ....................................................................... 2-18

2.3.6

HDD SMART Monitoring ............................................... 2-19

2.3.7

Installed Memory ........................................................... 2-19

2.3.8

Usable Memory ............................................................. 2-19

2.4

Advanced menu.......................................................................... 2-20
2.4.1

JumperFree Configuration ............................................ 2-20

2.4.2

AI Net2 .......................................................................... 2-22

2.4.3

CPU Configuration ........................................................ 2-22

2.4.4

Chipset .......................................................................... 2-24

2.4.5

PCIPnP ......................................................................... 2-25

2.4.6 Onboard Devices Configuration .................................... 2-26