Asus P1-AH1 - Manual (Page 5)

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Table of contents
Chapter 5: BIOS setup
5.1 Managing and updating your BIOS .................................... 5-2
5.1.1
ASUS EZ Flash utility ........................................... 5-2
5.1.2 Recovering the BIOS with CrashFree BIOS 2 ..... 5-3
5.1.3 ASUS Update ....................................................... 5-5
5.2 BIOS Setup program .......................................................... 5-7
5.2.1
BIOS menu bar .................................................... 5-8
5.2.2 Legend bar ........................................................... 5-8
5.3 Main Menu ........................................................................ 5-10
5.3.1
System Time ...................................................... 5-10
5.3.2 System Date ....................................................... 5-10
5.3.3 Primary IDE Master/Slave;
First/Second SATA Master ................................... 5-11
5.3.4 HDD SMART Monitoring .................................... 5-12
5.3.5 Installed Memory ................................................ 5-12
5.3.6 Usable Memory .................................................. 5-12
5.4 Advanced Menu ............................................................... 5-13
5.4.1
CPU configuration .............................................. 5-13
5.4.2 Chipset ............................................................... 5-16
5.4.3 PCIPnP .............................................................. 5-17
5.4.4 Onboard device configuration ........................... 5-19
5.5 Power menu ..................................................................... 5-22
5.5.1
APM configuration .............................................. 5-23
5.5.2 Hardware Monitor ............................................... 5-25
5.6 Boot menu ........................................................................ 5-26
5.6.1
Boot device priority ............................................. 5-26
5.6.2 Removable drives .............................................. 5-27
5.6.3 Hard disk drives ................................................. 5-27
5.6.4 CD-ROM drives .................................................. 5-28
5.6.5 Boot Settings Configuration ............................... 5-29
5.6.6 Security .............................................................. 5-30
5.7 Exit menu ......................................................................... 5-32