Asus P2-P5N9300 User Manual page 4

Table of contents
Chapter 4:
4.1 Managing and updating you BIOS .............................................. 4-2
4.1.1
4.1.2
4.1.3
4.1.4
4.1.5
4.2 BIOS setup program .................................................................. 4-12
4.2.1
4.2.2
4.2.3
4.2.4
4.2.5
4.2.6
4.2.7
4.2.8
4.3 Main menu .................................................................................. 4-16
4.3.1
4.3.2
4.3.3
4.3.4
4.3.5
4.4 Advanced menu ......................................................................... 4-19
4.4.1
4.4.2
4.4.3
4.4.4
4.4.5
4.4.6
4.5 Power menu ................................................................................ 4-29
4.5.1
4.5.2
4.5.3
4.5.4
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BIOS setup
Creating a bootable floppy disk ....................................... 4-2
AwardBIOS flash utility.................................................... 4-3
ASUS CrashFree BIOS 2 utility ...................................... 4-6
ASUS EZ Flash 2 utility ................................................... 4-8
ASUS Update utility ........................................................ 4-9
BIOS menu screen ........................................................ 4-13
Menu bar ....................................................................... 4-13
Legend bar .................................................................... 4-14
Menu items ................................................................... 4-14
Submenu items ............................................................. 4-14
Configuration fields ....................................................... 4-14
Pop-up window ............................................................. 4-15
General help ................................................................. 4-15
System Time ................................................................. 4-16
System Date ................................................................. 4-16
SATA 1-2 ..........................................................................................4-17
ESATA ........................................................................... 4-18
HDD SMART Monitoring ............................................... 4-18
JumperFree Configuration ............................................ 4-19
CPU Configuration ........................................................ 4-23
Chipset .......................................................................... 4-24
PCIPnP ......................................................................... 4-25
Onboard Device Configuration ...................................... 4-26
USB Configuration ........................................................ 4-28
ACPI Suspend Type ...................................................... 4-29
ACPI APIC Support ....................................................... 4-29
APM Configuration ........................................................ 4-30
Hardware Monitor ......................................................... 4-32