Asus M3N78 SE - Manual (Page 4)

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Contents
Chapter 2: BIOS Information
2.1 Managing and updating your BIOS ..........................................................2-1
2.1.1
Creating a bootable floppy disk ...................................................2-1
2.1.2 AFUDOS utility ............................................................................2-2
2.1.3 ASUS CrashFree BIOS 3 utility...................................................2-3
2.1.4 ASUS EZ Flash 2 utility ...............................................................2-5
2.1.5 ASUS Update utility.....................................................................2-5
2.2 BIOS setup program ..................................................................................2-7
2.2.1
BIOS menu screen ......................................................................2-8
2.2.2 Menu bar .....................................................................................2-8
2.2.3 Navigation keys ...........................................................................2-9
2.2.4 Menu items..................................................................................2-9
2.2.5 Sub-menu items ..........................................................................2-9
2.2.6 Configuration fields .....................................................................2-9
2.2.7 General help................................................................................2-9
2.2.8 Pop-up window............................................................................2-9
2.3 Main menu ................................................................................................2-10
2.3.1
System Time ............................................................................2-10
2.3.2 System Date .............................................................................2-10
2.3.3 Legacy Diskette A .....................................................................2-10
2.3.4 Primary IDE Master/Slave .........................................................2-10
2.3.5 SATA 1~4 .................................................................................. 2-11
2.3.6 Storage Configuration ...............................................................2-12
2.3.7 System Information ...................................................................2-13
2.4 Advanced menu .......................................................................................2-13
2.4.1
JumperFree Configuration ........................................................2-13
2.4.2 CPU Configuration ....................................................................2-15
2.4.3 Chipset ......................................................................................2-16
2.4.4 Onboard Devices Configuration ................................................2-17
2.4.5 PCI PnP ....................................................................................2-17
2.4.6 USB Configuration ....................................................................2-18
2.5 Power menu ..............................................................................................2-19
2.5.1
Suspend Mode .........................................................................2-19
2.5.2 ACPI 2.0 Support ....................................................................2-19
2.5.3 ACPI APIC Support ...................................................................2-19
2.5.4 APM Configuration ....................................................................2-20
2.5.5 Hardware Monitor......................................................................2-20
2.6 Boot menu ................................................................................................2-21