Asus P5KPL-AM - SE Motherboard And Intel Core 2 Duo User Manual page 4

Contents
1.11 Software support ..................................................................... 1-29
1.11.1 Installing an operating system ........................................ 1-29
1.11.2 Support DVD information ............................................... 1-29
Chapter 2: BIOS information
2.1 Managing and updating your BIOS .......................................... 2-1
2.1.1
2.1.2
2.1.3
2.1.4
2.1.5
2.2 BIOS setup program .................................................................. 2-6
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 .................................................................................. 2-9
2.3.1
2.3.2
2.3.3
2.3.4
2.3.5
2.3.6
2.4 Advanced menu ....................................................................... 2-11
2.4.1
2.4.2
2.4.3
2.4.4
2.4.5
2.4.6
2.5 Power menu ............................................................................. 2-16
2.5.1
2.5.2
2.5.3
2.5.4
2.5.5
iv
Creating a bootable floppy disk ........................................ 2-1
ASUS Update utility .......................................................... 2-2
ASUS EZ Flash 2 utility .................................................... 2-3
AFUDOS utility ................................................................. 2-4
ASUS CrashFree BIOS 3 utility ........................................ 2-5
BIOS menu screen ........................................................... 2-7
Menu bar .......................................................................... 2-7
Navigation keys ................................................................ 2-7
Menu items ....................................................................... 2-8
Submenu items ................................................................ 2-8
Configuration fields........................................................... 2-8
Pop-up window ................................................................. 2-8
Scroll bar .......................................................................... 2-8
General help ..................................................................... 2-8
System Time..................................................................... 2-9
System Date ..................................................................... 2-9
Legacy Diskette A ............................................................. 2-9
Primary, Third and Fourth IDE Master/Slave .................... 2-9
IDE Configuration ........................................................... 2-10
System Information ........................................................ 2-10
JumperFree Configuration...............................................2-11
USB Configuration.......................................................... 2-12
CPU Configuration ......................................................... 2-13
Chipset ........................................................................... 2-14
Onboard Devices Configuration ..................................... 2-15
PCI PnP .......................................................................... 2-15
Suspend Mode ............................................................... 2-16
ACPI 2.0 Support ........................................................... 2-16
ACPI APIC Support ........................................................ 2-16
APM Configuration ......................................................... 2-17
Hardware Monitor ........................................................... 2-17