Asus M2A VM - Motherboard - Micro ATX 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................................................................... 2-11
2.2.1
2.2.2
2.2.3
2.2.4
2.2.5
2.2.6
2.2.7
2.2.8
2.3 Main menu................................................................................... 2-15
2.3.1
2.3.2
2.3.3
2.3.4
2.3.5
2.3.6
2.3.7
2.3.8
2.4 Advanced menu.......................................................................... 2-20
2.4.1
2.4.2
2.4.3
2.4.3
2.4.4
2.4.5
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ASUS Update utility ........................................................ 2-2
Creating a bootable floppy disk ....................................... 2-5
ASUS EZ Flash 2 utility ................................................... 2-6
Updating the BIOS .......................................................... 2-7
Saving the current BIOS file ............................................ 2-9
ASUS CrashFree BIOS 3 utility .................................... 2-10
BIOS menu screen ........................................................ 2-12
Menu bar ....................................................................... 2-12
Legend bar .................................................................... 2-13
Menu items ................................................................... 2-13
Sub-menu items ............................................................ 2-13
Configuration fields ....................................................... 2-13
Pop-up window ............................................................. 2-14
General help ................................................................. 2-14
System Time ................................................................. 2-15
System Date ................................................................. 2-15
Legacy Diskette A ........................................................ 2-15
Primary IDE Master/Slave ............................................. 2-16
SATA 1-4 ....................................................................... 2-18
HDD SMART Monitoring ............................................... 2-19
Installed Memory ........................................................... 2-19
Usable Memory ............................................................. 2-19
JumperFree Configuration ............................................ 2-20
CPU Configuration ........................................................ 2-21
Chipset .......................................................................... 2-22
PCIPnP ......................................................................... 2-23
Onboard Device Configuration ...................................... 2-24
USB Configuration ........................................................ 2-26