Asus P4P8X - Manual (Page 4)

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Safeguards
Contents
2.2.1 BIOS menu screen ................................................ 2-8
2.2.2 Menu bar ................................................................ 2-8
2.2.3 Navigation keys ..................................................... 2-8
2.2.4 Menu items ............................................................ 2-9
2.2.5 Sub-menu items ..................................................... 2-9
2.2.6 Configuration fields ................................................ 2-9
2.2.7 Pop-up window ...................................................... 2-9
2.2.8 Scroll bar ................................................................ 2-9
2.2.9 General help .......................................................... 2-9
2.3 Main menu ........................................................................ 2-10
2.3.1
System Time [xx:xx:xxxx] ..................................... 2-10
2.3.2 System Date [Day xx/xx/xxxx] ............................. 2-10
2.3.3 Legacy Diskette A [1.44M, 3.5 in.] ....................... 2-10
2.3.5 Primary/Sec./Third/Fourth IDE Master/Slave ........ 2-11
2.3.6 IDE Configuration ................................................ 2-12
2.3.7 System Information .............................................. 2-14
2.4 Advanced menu ............................................................... 2-15
2.4.1
JumperFree Configuration ................................... 2-15
2.4.2 CPU Configuration ............................................... 2-17
2.4.3 Chipset ................................................................. 2-18
2.4.4 Onboard Devices Configuration ........................... 2-20
2.4.5 PCI PnP ............................................................... 2-22
2.4.6 USB Configuration ............................................... 2-23
2.5 Power menu ..................................................................... 2-25
2.5.1
Suspend Mode [Auto] .......................................... 2-25
2.5.2 Repost Video on S3 Resume [No] ....................... 2-25
2.5.3 ACPI 2.0 Support [No] ......................................... 2-25
2.5.4 ACPI APIC Support [Enabled] ............................. 2-25
2.5.5 BIOS -> AML ACPI Table [Enabled] ..................... 2-25
2.5.6 APM Configuration ............................................... 2-26
2.5.7 Hardware Monitor ................................................ 2-28
2.6 Boot menu ........................................................................ 2-29
2.6.1
Boot Device Priority ............................................. 2-29
2.6.2 Boot Settings Configuration ................................. 2-30
2.6.3 Security ................................................................ 2-31
2.7 Exit menu ......................................................................... 2-34
Chapter 3: Software support
3.1 Install an operating system ................................................. 3-2
3.2 Support CD information ...................................................... 3-2
3.3 Software information .......................................................... 3-5