Asus Motherboard A8V-XE User Manual page 4

Table of contents
1.7.2
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
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Internal connectors ............................................... 1-22
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 Suspend Type ............................................... 2-27
ACPI APIC Support ............................................... 2-27