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Contents
Chapter
2: BIOS Information
2.1
Managing and updating your BIOS
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2-2
2.1.1
Creating a bootable floppy disk
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2-2
2.1.2
Using AFUDOS to copy the current BIOS
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2-2
2.1.3
Using AFUDOS to update the BIOS
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2-3
2.1.4
ASUS CrashFree BIOS 2 utility
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2-5
2.1.5
Using ASUS EZ Flash to update the BIOS
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2-7
2.2
BIOS Setup program
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2-8
2.2.1
BIOS menu screen
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2-9
2.2.2
Menu bar
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2-9
2.2.3
Navigation keys
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2-9
2.2.4
Menu items
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2-10
2.2.5
Sub-menu items
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2-10
2.2.6
Configuration fields
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2-10
2.2.7
Pop-up window
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2-10
2.2.8
Scroll bar
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2-10
2.2.9
General help
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2-10
2.3
Main menu
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2-11
2.3.1
System Time
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2-11
2.3.2
System Date
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2-11
2.3.3
Legacy Diskette A/B
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2-11
2.3.4
Primary, Secondary, Third, Fourth IDE Master/Slave
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2-12
2.3.5
IDE Configuration
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2-13
2.3.6
System Information
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2-14
2.4
Advanced menu
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2-15
2.4.1
CPU Configuration
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2-15
2.4.2
Chipset
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2-16
2.4.3
Onboard Devices Configuration
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2-23
2.4.4
PCI PnP
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2-24
2.5
Power menu
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2-25
2.5.1
ACPI 2.0 Support
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2-25
2.5.2
ACPI APIC Support
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2-25
2.5.3
APM Configuration
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2-26
2.5.4
Hardware Monitor
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2-28
2.6
Boot menu
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2-29
2.6.1
Boot Device Priority
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2-30
2.6.2
Boot Settings Configuration
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2-31
2.6.3
Security
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2-32
2.7
Exit menu
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