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Asus Motherboard A7V880 User Manual

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Safeguards

Contents

Chapter 2: BIOS Information

2.1

Managing and updating your BIOS .................................... 2-2
2.1.1

Creating a bootable floppy disk ............................. 2-2

2.1.2

Using AFUDOS to update the BIOS ...................... 2-3

2.1.3

Using AFUDOS to copy BIOS from PC ................. 2-4

2.1.4

Using ASUS EZ Flash to update the BIOS ............ 2-5

2.1.5

Recovering the BIOS with CrashFree BIOS 2 ....... 2-6

2.2

BIOS Setup program .......................................................... 2-8
2.2.1

BIOS menu screen ................................................ 2-9

2.2.2

Menu bar ................................................................ 2-9

2.2.3

Navigation keys ..................................................... 2-9

2.2.4

Menu items .......................................................... 2-10

2.2.5

Sub-menu items ................................................... 2-10

2.2.6

Configuration fields .............................................. 2-10

2.2.7

Pop-up window .................................................... 2-10

2.2.8

Scroll bar .............................................................. 2-10

2.2.9

General help ........................................................ 2-10

2.3

Main menu ......................................................................... 2-11
2.3.1

System Time ......................................................... 2-11

2.3.2

System Date ......................................................... 2-11

2.3.3

Legacy Diskette A .................................................2-11

2.3.4

Primary and Secondary IDE Master/Slave .......... 2-12

2.3.5

System Information .............................................. 2-13

2.4

Advanced menu ............................................................... 2-14
2.4.1

Instant Music Configuration ................................. 2-14

2.4.2

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

2.4.3

Onboard Devices Configuration ........................... 2-18

2.4.4

PCI PnP ............................................................... 2-19

2.4.5

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

2.4.6

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

2.5

Power menu ..................................................................... 2-23
2.5.1

Suspend Mode ..................................................... 2-23

2.5.2

Repost Video on S3 Resume ............................... 2-23

2.5.3

ACPI 2.0 Support ................................................. 2-23

2.5.4

ACPI APIC Support .............................................. 2-23

2.5.5

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

2.5.6

Hardware Monitor ................................................ 2-25

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