Asus P4V8X-MX User Manual page 4

Contents
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
2.4 Advanced Menu ........................................................................... 2-15
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
2.6 Boot Menu .................................................................................... 2-26
2.6.1
2.6.2
2.6.3
2.7 Exit Menu ..................................................................................... 2-29
Chapter 3:
3.1 Installing An Operating System ...................................................... 3-2
3.2 Support CD Information ................................................................. 3-2
3.2.1
3.2.2
3.2.3
3.2.4
3.2.5
3.3 VIA RAID configurations ................................................................. 3-6
3.3.1
3.3.2
3.4 Creating a RAID driver disk .......................................................... 3-10
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Using ASUS EZ Flash to update the BIOS ..................... 2-5
ASUS CrashFree BIOS 2 utility ...................................... 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
CPU Configuration ........................................................ 2-15
USB Configuration ........................................................ 2-17
Chipset .......................................................................... 2-18
Onboard Devices Configuration .................................... 2-21
PCIPnP ......................................................................... 2-22
APM Configuration ........................................................ 2-24
Hardware Monitor ......................................................... 2-25
Boot Device Priority ...................................................... 2-27
Boot Settings Configuration .......................................... 2-27
Security ......................................................................... 2-28
Software Support
Running the support CD ................................................. 3-2
Drivers menu ................................................................... 3-3
Utilities menu .................................................................. 3-3
Manual menu .................................................................. 3-4
Contacts menu ................................................................ 3-5
Installing hard disks ........................................................ 3-6
VIA RAID Configuration .................................................. 3-7