Asus A7V400-MX SE 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

AwardBIOS Flash Utility .......................................... 2-3

2.1.3

ASUS CrashFree BIOS utility ................................... 2-4

2.1.4

ASUS EZ Flash utility .............................................. 2-4

2.1.5

ASUS Update utility ................................................ 2-5

2.2

BIOS beep codes .................................................................. 2-7

2.3

BIOS setup program ............................................................. 2-7
2.3.1

BIOS menu bar ........................................................ 2-8

2.3.2

Legend bar ............................................................. 2-8

2.4

Main menu .......................................................................... 2-10

2.5

Advanced menu .................................................................. 2-15
2.5.1

CPU Configuration ................................................. 2-15

2.5.2

Memory Configuration .......................................... 2-16

2.5.3

Chipset ................................................................. 2-17

2.5.4

PCIPnP ................................................................... 2-19

2.5.5

Onboard Devices Configuration ............................ 2-20

2.5.6

USB Configuration ................................................. 2-22

2.6

Power menu ........................................................................ 2-23
2.6.1

APM Configuration ................................................ 2-24

2.6.2

Hardware Monitor ................................................. 2-26

2.7

Boot menu .......................................................................... 2-27
2.7.1

Boot Device Priority .............................................. 2-27

2.7.2

Removable Drives ................................................. 2-28

2.7.3

Hard Disk Drives ................................................... 2-28

2.7.4

CDROM Drives ....................................................... 2-29

2.7.5

Boot Settings Configuration ................................. 2-29

2.7.6

Security ................................................................ 2-30

2.8

Exit menu ........................................................................... 2-32

Chapter 3:

Software support

3.1

Installing an operating system ............................................. 3-2

3.2

Support CD information ........................................................ 3-2
3.2.1

Running the support CD ......................................... 3-2

3.2.2

Drivers menu .......................................................... 3-3

3.2.3

Utilities menu .......................................................... 3-3

3.2.4

Contacts menu ....................................................... 3-4