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Asus P4B User Manual

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Safeguards

Contents

2.6

Expansion slots ................................................................. 2-13
2.6.1

Installing an expansion card .................................. 2-13

2.6.2

Configuring an expansion card ............................. 2-14

2.6.3

PCI slots ............................................................... 2-15

2.6.4

AGP slot ............................................................... 2-15

2.6.5

CNR slot ............................................................... 2-16

2.7

Switches and jumpers ....................................................... 2-17

2.8

Connectors ....................................................................... 2-24

Chapter 3: Powering up ......................................................... 3-1

3.1

Starting up for the first time .................................................. 3-1

3.2

Vocal POST Messages ....................................................... 3-2

3.3

Powering off the computer ................................................... 3-4

Chapter 4: BIOS setup ........................................................... 4-1

4.1

Managing and updating your BIOS ...................................... 4-1
4.1.1

Using the computer system for the first time ........... 4-1

4.1.2

Updating BIOS procedures ..................................... 4-3

4.2

BIOS Setup program ........................................................... 4-5
4.2.1

BIOS menu bar ....................................................... 4-6

4.2.2

Legend bar ............................................................. 4-6

4.3

Main Menu .......................................................................... 4-8
4.3.1

Primary and Secondary Master/Slave ..................... 4-9

4.3.2

Keyboard Features ............................................... 4-13

4.4

Advanced Menu ................................................................ 4-15
4.4.1

Chip Configuration ................................................ 4-17

4.4.2

I/O Device Configuration ....................................... 4-20

4.4.3

PCI Configuration ................................................. 4-22

4.5

Power Menu ...................................................................... 4-24
4.5.1

Power Up Control ................................................. 4-26

4.5.2

Hardware Monitor ................................................. 4-28

4.6

Boot Menu ........................................................................ 4-29

4.7

Exit Menu .......................................................................... 4-31