Asus K8N-VM User Manual page 4

Contents
Chapter 2: BIOS setup
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 ............................................................ 2-11
2.2.1
2.2.2
2.2.3
2.2.4
2.2.5
2.2.6
2.2.7
2.2.8
2.2.9
2.3 Main menu ........................................................................... 2-14
2.3.1
2.3.2
2.3.3
2.3.4
2.3.5
2.3.6
2.4 Advanced menu .................................................................. 2-18
2.4.1
2.4.2
2.4.3
2.4.4
2.4.5
2.4.6
2.4.7
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Creating a bootable floppy disk .............................. 2-2
ASUS EZ Flash utility ............................................... 2-3
AFUDOS utility ........................................................ 2-4
ASUS CrashFree BIOS 2 utility ................................ 2-6
ASUS Update utility ................................................ 2-8
BIOS menu screen ................................................. 2-12
Menu bar ............................................................... 2-12
Navigation keys ..................................................... 2-12
Menu items ........................................................... 2-13
Sub-menu items .................................................... 2-13
Configuration fields ............................................... 2-13
Pop-up window ...................................................... 2-13
Scroll bar ............................................................... 2-13
General help .......................................................... 2-13
System Time ......................................................... 2-14
System Date ......................................................... 2-14
Legacy Diskette A ............................................... 2-14
Primary and Secondary IDE Master/Slave;
First and Second SATA ......................................... 2-15
IDE Configuration .................................................. 2-16
System Information .............................................. 2-17
AMD Cool ʻnʼ Quiet Configuration ......................... 2-18
JumperFree Configuration ..................................... 2-19
CPU Configuration ................................................. 2-20
Chipset ................................................................. 2-20
Onboard Devices Configuration ............................. 2-27
PCI PnP .................................................................. 2-28
USB Configuration ................................................. 2-29