Asus K8S-MX User Manual page 4

Contents
Chapter 2: BIOS Information
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 .......................................................... 2-8
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 ......................................................................... 2-11
2.3.1
2.3.2
2.3.3
2.3.4
2.3.5
2.3.6
2.4 Advanced menu ............................................................... 2-14
2.4.1
2.4.2
2.4.3
2.4.4
2.4.5
2.5 Power menu ..................................................................... 2-23
2.5.1
2.5.2
2.5.3
2.5.4
2.5.5
2.5.6
2.5.7
iv
Creating a bootable floppy disk ............................. 2-2
Using AFUDOS to update the BIOS ...................... 2-3
Using AFUDOS to copy BIOS from PC ................. 2-4
Using ASUS EZ Flash to update the BIOS ............ 2-5
Recovering the BIOS with CrashFree BIOS 2 ....... 2-6
BIOS menu screen ................................................ 2-9
Menu bar ................................................................ 2-9
Navigation keys ..................................................... 2-9
Menu items .......................................................... 2-10
Sub-menu items ................................................... 2-10
Configuration fields .............................................. 2-10
Pop-up window .................................................... 2-10
Scroll bar .............................................................. 2-10
General help ........................................................ 2-10
System Time ......................................................... 2-11
System Date ......................................................... 2-11
Legacy Diskette A .................................................2-11
Primary and Secondary IDE Master/Slave .......... 2-12
Onboard PCI S-ATA Controller ............................ 2-13
System Information .............................................. 2-13
JumperFree Configuration ................................... 2-14
CPU Configuration ............................................... 2-15
Chipset ................................................................. 2-16
Onboard Devices Configuration ........................... 2-19
PCI PnP ............................................................... 2-22
ACPI Aware O/S .................................................. 2-23
Suspend Mode ..................................................... 2-24
ACPI 2.0 Support ................................................. 2-24
ACPI APIC Support .............................................. 2-24
BIOS--> AML ACPI table ...................................... 2-24
Headless mode .................................................... 2-24
APM Configuration ............................................... 2-24