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Asus P4PE User Manual

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Safeguards

Contents

2.6

Expansion slots ................................................................ 2-13
2.6.1

Installing an expansion card ................................ 2-13

2.6.2

Configuring an expansion card ............................ 2-13

2.6.3

PCI slots .............................................................. 2-15

2.6.4

AGP slot ............................................................... 2-15

2.7

Jumpers ............................................................................ 2-16

2.8

Connectors ....................................................................... 2-18

Chapter 3: Powering up

3.1

Starting up for the first time ................................................ 3-1

3.2

Vocal POST Messages ...................................................... 3-2

3.3

Powering off the computer ................................................. 3-4

Chapter 4: BIOS setup

4.1

Managing and updating your BIOS .................................... 4-1
4.1.1

Using ASUS EZ Flash to update the BIOS ............ 4-1

4.1.2

Using AFLASH to update the BIOS ....................... 4-3

4.2

BIOS Setup program .......................................................... 4-7
4.2.1

BIOS menu bar ...................................................... 4-8

4.2.2

Legend bar ............................................................. 4-8

4.3

Main Menu ........................................................................ 4-10
4.3.1

Primary and Secondary Master/Slave ................. 4-12

4.3.2

Keyboard Features .............................................. 4-16

4.4

Advanced Menu ............................................................... 4-17
4.4.1

Chip Configuration ............................................... 4-21

4.4.2

I/O Device Configuration ...................................... 4-24

4.4.3

PCI Configuration ................................................ 4-26

4.5

Power Menu ..................................................................... 4-29
4.5.1

Power Up Control ................................................ 4-31

4.5.2

Hardware Monitor ................................................ 4-33

4.6

Boot Menu ........................................................................ 4-35

4.7

Exit Menu ......................................................................... 4-37