Asus A8V-VM SE - Manual (Page 4)

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Table of 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 ASUS EZ Flash utility ............................................... 2-3
2.1.3 AFUDOS utility ........................................................ 2-4
2.1.4 ASUS CrashFree BIOS 2 utility ................................ 2-6
2.1.5 ASUS Update utility ................................................ 2-8
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 Navigation keys ..................................................... 2-12
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 ...................................................... 2-13
2.2.8 Scroll bar ............................................................... 2-13
2.2.9 General help .......................................................... 2-13
2.3 Main menu ........................................................................... 2-14
2.3.1 System Time ......................................................... 2-14
2.3.2 System Date ......................................................... 2-14
2.3.3 Legacy Diskette A ............................................... 2-14
2.3.4 Primary, Secondary, Third, Fourth IDE Master/Slave .... 2-15
2.3.5 IDE Configuration .................................................. 2-16
2.3.6 System Information............................................... 2-17
2.4 Advanced menu .................................................................. 2-18
2.4.1 CPU Configuration ................................................. 2-18
2.4.2 Chipset ................................................................. 2-19
2.4.3 Onboard Devices Configuration ............................. 2-26
2.4.4 PCI PnP .................................................................. 2-27
2.5 Power menu ........................................................................ 2-28
2.5.1 ACPI 2.0 Support ................................................. 2-28
2.5.2 ACPI APIC Support ................................................ 2-28