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 ............................................................... 2-13

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 ............. 2-15

2.3.5

First, Second, Third, Fourth SATA Master ............ 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