Asus P5GD1-VM 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 EZ Flash utility .............................................. 2-5

2.1.4

ASUS CrashFree BIOS 2 utility ................................ 2-7

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 .................................................... 2-13

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

Pop-up window ..................................................... 2-14

2.2.8

Scroll bar .............................................................. 2-14

2.2.9

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

2.3

Main menu .......................................................................... 2-15
2.3.1

System Time ......................................................... 2-15

2.3.2

System Date ......................................................... 2-15

2.3.3

Legacy Diskette A ................................................ 2-15

2.3.4

Primary, Third, and Fourth IDE Master/Slave ........ 2-16

2.3.5

IDE Configuration .................................................. 2-17

2.3.6

System Information .............................................. 2-18

2.4

Advanced menu .................................................................. 2-19

2.4.1

USB Configuration ................................................. 2-19

2.4.2

CPU Configuration ................................................. 2-20

2.4.3

Chipset ................................................................. 2-22

2.4.4

Onboard Devices Configuration ............................ 2-24

2.4.5

PCI PnP ................................................................. 2-25