Asus A8NE-FM Manual page 4

Contents
Chapter 2: Chapter 2: Chapter 2:
Chapter 2: Chapter 2:
2.1 Managing and updating your BIOS ........................................ 2-2
2.1.1
2.1.2
2.1.3
2.2 BIOS Setup program ............................................................. 2-8
2.2.1
2.2.2
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
2.6 Boot Menu .......................................................................... 2-30
2.6.1
2.6.2
2.6.3
2.6.4
2.6.5
2.6.6
2.7 Exit menu ........................................................................... 2-35
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BIOS setup BIOS setup BIOS setup
BIOS setup BIOS setup
Creating a bootable floppy disk .............................. 2-2
AwardBIOS Flash Utility .......................................... 2-3
ASUS CrashFree BIOS 2 utility ................................ 2-7
BIOS menu bar ........................................................ 2-9
Legend bar ............................................................. 2-9
System Time ......................................................... 2-11
System Date ......................................................... 2-11
Legacy Diskette A ................................................ 2-11
Installed Memory .................................................. 2-11
Primary and Secondary IDE Master/Slave ............. 2-12
First, Second, Third, and Fourth SATA Master ..... 2-14
CPU configuration ................................................. 2-16
Chipset configuration ........................................... 2-17
PCIPnP ................................................................... 2-19
Onboard device configuration ............................. 2-20
APM configuration ................................................ 2-26
Hardware monitor ................................................. 2-28
Boot Device Priority .............................................. 2-30
Removable drives ................................................. 2-31
Hard Disk Drives ................................................... 2-31
CD-ROM drives ...................................................... 2-32
Boot settings configuration .................................. 2-32
Security ................................................................ 2-34