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Contents
2.1.4
Using ASUS EZ Flash to update the BIOS
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2-5
2.1.5
ASUS CrashFree BIOS 2 utility
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2-6
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
2.4
Advanced Menu
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2-15
2.4.1
CPU Configuration
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2-15
2.4.2
USB Configuration
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2-17
2.4.3
Chipset
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2-18
2.4.4
Onboard Devices Configuration
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2-21
2.4.5
PCIPnP
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2-22
2.5
Power Menu
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2-23
2.5.1
APM Configuration
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2-24
2.5.2
Hardware Monitor
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2-25
2.6
Boot Menu
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2-26
2.6.1
Boot Device Priority
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2-27
2.6.2
Boot Settings Configuration
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2-27
2.6.3
Security
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2-28
2.7
Exit Menu
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2-29
Chapter 3:
Software Support
3.1
Installing An Operating System
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3-2
3.2
Support CD Information
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3-2
3.2.1
Running the support CD
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3-2
3.2.2
Drivers menu
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3-3
3.2.3
Utilities menu
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3-3
3.2.4
Manual menu
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3-4
3.2.5
Contacts menu
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3-5
3.3
VIA RAID configurations
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3-6
3.3.1
Installing hard disks
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3-6
3.3.2
VIA RAID Configuration
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3-7
3.4
Creating a RAID driver disk
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