Asus Motherboard A7S8X-MX - Manual (Page 4)

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Contents
Chapter 2: BIOS setup Chapter 2: BIOS setup Chapter 2: BIOS setup Chapter 2: BIOS setup 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 EZ Flash utility .............................................. 2-5
2.1.4 ASUS CrashFree BIOS utility ................................... 2-6
2.1.5 ASUS Update utility ................................................ 2-7
2.2 BIOS Setup program ........................................................... 2-10
2.2.1
BIOS menu bar ...................................................... 2-11
2.2.2 Legend bar ........................................................... 2-11
2.3 Main Menu ........................................................................... 2-13
2.3.1
System Time ......................................................... 2-13
2.3.2 System Date ......................................................... 2-13
2.3.3 Legacy Diskette A ................................................ 2-13
2.3.4 HDD SMART Monitoring ........................................ 2-13
2.3.5 Installed Memory .................................................. 2-13
2.3.6 Primary and Secondary IDE Master/Slave ............. 2-14
2.3.7 First and Second SATA Master ............................. 2-15
2.4 Advanced Menu .................................................................. 2-16
2.4.1
CPU configuration ................................................. 2-17
2.4.2 Chipset configuration ........................................... 2-18
2.4.3 PCIPnP ................................................................... 2-21
2.4.4 Onboard device configuration ............................. 2-22
2.4.5 USB configuration ................................................ 2-24
2.5 Power Menu ........................................................................ 2-25
2.5.1 APM configuration ................................................ 2-26
2.5.2 Hardware monitor ................................................. 2-29
2.6 Boot Menu .......................................................................... 2-30
2.6.1
Boot Device Priority .............................................. 2-30
2.6.2 Removable drives ................................................. 2-31
2.6.3 Hard Disk Drives ................................................... 2-31
2.6.4 CD-ROM drives ...................................................... 2-32
2.6.5 Boot settings configuration .................................. 2-32
2.6.6 Security ................................................................ 2-34
2.7 Exit menu ........................................................................... 2-35