Asus MOTHERBOARD ULTRA P5V-VM 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 .................................................................2-15
2.4.1
2.4.2
2.4.3
2.4.4
2.5 Power menu .......................................................................2-25
2.5.1
2.5.2
2.5.3
2.5.4
2.6 Boot menu .........................................................................2-29
2.6.1
2.6.2
2.6.3
2.7 Exit menu ...........................................................................2-33
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Creating a bootable floppy disk ...............................2-2
Using AFUDOS to copy the current BIOS ...............2-2
Using AFUDOS to update the BIOS ........................2-3
Recovering the BIOS with CrashFree BIOS 2.........2-5
Using ASUS EZ Flash to update the BIOS..............2-7
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/B ..............................................2-11
Primary, Secondary, Third, Fourth IDE Master/Slave ...2-12
IDE Configuration ..................................................2-13
System Information ...............................................2-14
CPU Configuration ................................................2-15
Chipset ..................................................................2-16
Onboard Devices Configuration ............................2-23
PCI PnP .................................................................2-24
ACPI 2.0 Support ..................................................2-25
ACPI APIC Support ...............................................2-25
APM Configuration ................................................2-26
Hardware Monitor ..................................................2-28
Boot Device Priority ...............................................2-30
Boot Settings Configuration...................................2-31
Security .................................................................2-32