Asus M3N78 Manual page 4

Contents
Chapter 2:
2.1 Managing and updating your BIOS ............................................ 2-2
2.1.1
2.1.2
2.1.3
2.1.4
2.1.5
2.2 BIOS setup program .................................................................. 2-12
2.2.1
2.2.2
2.2.3
2.2.4
2.2.5
2.2.6
2.2.7
2.2.8
2.3 Main menu .................................................................................. 2-16
2.3.1
2.3.2
2.3.3
2.3.4
2.3.5
2.3.6
2.3.7
2.4 Advanced menu ......................................................................... 2-21
2.4.1
2.4.2
2.4.3
2.4.4
2.4.5
2.4.6
2.5 Power menu ................................................................................ 2-31
2.5.1
2.5.2
2.5.3
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BIOS setup
Creating a bootable floppy disk ....................................... 2-2
AFUDOS utility ................................................................ 2-3
ASUS CrashFree BIOS 3 utility ...................................... 2-6
ASUS EZ Flash 2 utility ................................................... 2-8
ASUS Update utility ........................................................ 2-9
BIOS menu screen ........................................................ 2-13
Menu bar ....................................................................... 2-13
Navigation keys ............................................................. 2-14
Menu items ................................................................... 2-14
Sub-menu items ............................................................ 2-14
Configuration fields ....................................................... 2-14
General help ................................................................. 2-14
Pop-up window ............................................................. 2-15
System Time ................................................................. 2-16
System Date ................................................................. 2-16
Legacy Diskette A ......................................................... 2-16
Primary IDE Master/Slave ............................................. 2-17
SATA 1, 2, 3, and ESATA .............................................. 2-18
Storage Configuration ................................................... 2-19
System Information ....................................................... 2-20
JumperFree Configuration ............................................ 2-22
CPU Configuration ........................................................ 2-24
Chipset .......................................................................... 2-25
Onboard Devices Configuration .................................... 2-28
PCI PnP ........................................................................ 2-28
USB Configuration ........................................................ 2-30
Suspend Mode .............................................................. 2-31
ACPI 2.0 Support ......................................................... 2-31
ACPI APIC Support ....................................................... 2-31