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Table of contents
2.14
Power supply specifications
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40
2.14.1
Input Characteristics
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40
2.14.3
Over-Voltage Protection (OVP)
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40
2.14.2
Output Characteristics
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40
Chapter
3: Starting up
3.1
Installing an operating system
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42
3.2
Support CD information
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42
3.2.1
Running the support CD
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42
3.2.2
Utilities menu
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43
3.2.3
ASUS Contact information
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44
3.2.4
Other information
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45
3.3
Software information
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47
3.3.1
ASUS PC Probe
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47
3.3.2
ASUS Update
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51
Chapter
4: Motherboard Info
4.1
Introduction
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54
4.2
Motherboard layout
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54
4.3
Jumpers
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55
4.4
Connectors
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58
Chapter
5: BIOS Information
5.1
Managing and updating your BIOS
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66
5.1.1
Creating a bootable floppy disk
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66
5.1.2
Updating the BIOS using the AwardBIOS
Flash Utility
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67
5.1.3
Recovering the BIOS with CrashFree BIOS
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69
5.1.4
ASUS Update
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70
5.2
BIOS Setup program
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71
5.2.1
BIOS menu bar
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72
5.2.2
Legend bar
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72
5.3
Main Menu
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74
5.3.1
System Time
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74
5.3.2
System Date
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74
5.3.4
Legacy Diskette A
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74