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Asus M3A78-EM 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

AFUDOS utility ................................................................ 2-3

2.1.3

ASUS CrashFree BIOS 3 utility ...................................... 2-6

2.1.4

ASUS EZ Flash 2 utility ................................................... 2-8

2.1.5

ASUS Update utility ........................................................ 2-9

2.2.

BIOS.setup.program................................................................... 2-12
2.2.1

BIOS menu screen ........................................................ 2-13

2.2.2

Menu bar ....................................................................... 2-13

2.2.3

Navigation keys ............................................................. 2-14

2.2.4

Menu items ................................................................... 2-14

2.2.5

Sub-menu items ............................................................ 2-14

2.2.6

Configuration fields ....................................................... 2-14

2.2.7

General help ................................................................. 2-14

2.2.8

Pop-up window ............................................................. 2-15

2.3.

Main.menu................................................................................... 2-16
2.3.1

System Time ................................................................. 2-16

2.3.2

System Date ................................................................. 2-16

2.3.3

Legacy Diskette A ......................................................... 2-16

2.3.4

Primary IDE Master/Slave ............................................. 2-17

2.3.5

SATA 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, and E-SATA ..................................... 2-18

2.3.6

SATA Configuration ....................................................... 2-19

2.3.7

System Information ....................................................... 2-20

2.4.

Advanced.menu.......................................................................... 2-21
2.4.1

JumperFree Configuration ............................................ 2-21

2.4.2

CPU Configuration ........................................................ 2-23

2.4.3

Chipset .......................................................................... 2-24

2.4.4 Onboard Device Configuration ...................................... 2-27
2.4.5

PCIPnP ......................................................................... 2-28

2.4.6

USB Configuration ........................................................ 2-29

2.5.

Power.menu................................................................................. 2-30
2.5.1

Suspend Mode .............................................................. 2-30

2.5.2

ACPI Support ................................................................ 2-30

2.5.3

ACPI APIC Support ....................................................... 2-30