Asus Motherboard M2S-X 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
2.2 BIOS Setup program ............................................................. 2-9
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 ........................................................................... 2-12
2.3.1
2.3.2
2.3.3
2.3.4
2.3.5
2.3.6
2.3.7
2.4 Advanced menu .................................................................. 2-17
2.4.1
2.4.2
2.4.3
2.4.4
2.4.5
2.4.6
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Creating a bootable floppy disk .............................. 2-2
Using AFUDOS to update the BIOS ......................... 2-3
Using AFUDOS to copy BIOS from PC ..................... 2-4
Using ASUS EZ Flash 2 to update the BIOS ............. 2-5
Recovering the BIOS with CrashFree BIOS 3 ........... 2-6
BIOS menu screen ................................................. 2-10
Menu bar ............................................................... 2-10
Navigation keys ..................................................... 2-10
Menu items ........................................................... 2-11
Sub-menu items .................................................... 2-11
Configuration fields ............................................... 2-11
Pop-up window ...................................................... 2-11
Scroll bar ............................................................... 2-11
General help .......................................................... 2-11
System Time ......................................................... 2-12
System Date ......................................................... 2-12
Legacy Diskette A ............................................... 2-12
Primary and Secondary IDE Master/Slave ............. 2-13
SATA1 and SATA2 ................................................ 2-14
IDE Configuration .................................................. 2-16
System Information............................................... 2-17
USB Configuration ................................................. 2-18
JumperFree Configuration ..................................... 2-19
CPU Configuration ................................................. 2-20
Chipset .................................................................. 2-20
Onboard Devices Configuration ............................. 2-26
PCI PnP .................................................................. 2-27