Asus K8V-XE 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
2.1.6
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
2.4 Advanced menu ........................................................................... 2-19
2.4.1
2.4.2
2.4.3
2.4.4
2.4.5
2.4.6
2.5 Power menu ................................................................................. 2-27
2.5.1
2.5.2
iv
Creating a bootable floppy disk ....................................... 2-2
Updating the BIOS ......................................................... 2-3
Saving the current BIOS file ............................................ 2-5
ASUS CrashFree BIOS 2 utility ...................................... 2-6
ASUS EZ Flash utility ...................................................... 2-8
ASUS Update utility ........................................................ 2-9
BIOS menu screen ........................................................ 2-13
Menu bar ....................................................................... 2-13
Legend bar .................................................................... 2-14
Menu items ................................................................... 2-14
Sub-menu items ............................................................ 2-14
Configuration fields ....................................................... 2-14
Pop-up window ............................................................. 2-15
General help ................................................................. 2-15
System Time ................................................................. 2-16
System Date ................................................................. 2-16
Legacy Diskette A ........................................................ 2-16
Primary and Secondary IDE Master/Slave ................... 2-17
HDD SMART Monitoring ............................................... 2-18
JumperFree Configuration ............................................ 2-19
CPU Configuration ........................................................ 2-21
Chipset .......................................................................... 2-21
PCI PnP ........................................................................ 2-23
Onboard Devices Configuration .................................... 2-25
USB Configuration ........................................................ 2-26
ACPI Type ..................................................................... 2-27
ACPI APIC Support ...................................................... 2-27